Fame gets you in the door but it doesn’t keep you in the room.
Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there.
I don’t know what our government does except put us into debt and blow up other countries.
Everyone who knows me thinks I’m a bit of a work Nazi.
Publicly humiliating someone for your own gain will only come and haunt you. God’s going to have his revenge.
David Bowie really played with ideas, and iconography and imagery. He’s brilliant man. And a gentleman, too.
There isn’t a performer on earth that isn’t an exhibitionist. There isn’t any point in being in this business if you’re not an exhibitionist. And, by the way, you can be an exhibitionist and be very shy as well.
Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it’s informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity.
Ultimately it boils down to the same thing all relationships boil down to: eating humble pie. I sometimes eat quite a lot. But, however bitter it might taste, it’s the best pie. It’s on the menu constantly for both parties.
People who have nothing better to do than talk about my hair color have no lives.
I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.
My daughter is a fan of mine but she doesn’t want to be too obvious about it because I’m her mum and it’s not cool.
One thing I’ve learned is that I’m not the owner of my talent; I’m the manager of it.
This will be a revolution of inquiring further, of not worrying about winning other people’s approval, of not wishing you were someone else but perfectly content to be who you are. Someone unique, and rare, and fearless. I want to start a revolution of love.
I like film soundtracks. I like the soundtracks better than the movies.
Isn’t everyone just travelling down their own road watching the signs as they go?
What else is there for me to conquer? Hopefully my ego.
Make no mistake, Madonna is always in control of the image she wants you to see.
The critics have been writing me off for 20 years. That’s nothing new. As far as I know I still have plenty of fans and sell lots of records. Do I care what critics say about me? No, and I don’t read reviews.