Madonna Ciccone
Madonna Ciccone
Madonna Louise Cicconeis an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Madonna is known for reinventing both her music and image, and for maintaining her autonomy within the recording industry. Music critics have acclaimed her musical productions, which have generated some controversy. Referred to as the "Queen of Pop", Madonna is often cited as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth16 August 1958
CountryUnited States of America
I always acted like a star long before I was one
Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.
If you want something bad enough the whole world conspires to help you get it.
I laugh at myself. I don't take myself completely seriously. I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to... you have to laugh, especially at yourself.
I've always been under scrutiny. But I used to just not really pay attention to what people said.
Sometimes you just have to go and make a mess of things to get people to pay attention.
I wanted to be a nun. I saw nuns as superstars. When I was growing up I went to a Catholic school, and the nuns, to me, were these superhuman, beautiful, fantastic people.
After years and years of everybody commenting on the way I look and dress and being photographed, one starts to become self-conscious and starts to plan things more. You end up judging yourself more, what looks good and what doesn't.
I can't stand when I walk into a room and everyone's not talking to each other and just on their phones.
Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep.
Sure, having my pictures taken in the nude and doing things that I did got me in the door but it didn't keep me in the room. To have lasted as long as I've lasted, obviously, I have to have something more going for me.
I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.
I don't think ultimately God punishes. I think we bring about our own destruction or our own creation.
If you want to change the world, change yourself.