Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.
Madonna Ciccone

I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
Madonna Ciccone

When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.
Madonna Ciccone

Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.
Madonna Ciccone

One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.
Madonna Ciccone

I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.
Madonna Ciccone

I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.
Madonna Ciccone

I live - I live a highly scheduled life. There's absolutely no time wasted. I'm very focused. And I have a great assistant.
Madonna Ciccone

I didn't have many friends; I might not have had any friends. But it all turned out good in the end, because when you aren't popular and you don't have a social life, it gives you more time to focus on your future.
Madonna Ciccone

I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.
Madonna Ciccone

I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.
Madonna Ciccone

I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I'm terribly insecure. I'm plagued with insecurities 24/7.
Madonna Ciccone

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
Madonna Ciccone

I suppose I sometimes used to act like I wasn't a human being... Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe.
Madonna Ciccone

We like to put people on a pedestal, give them one character trait, and if they step outside of that shrinelike area that we blocked out for them, then we will punish them.
Madonna Ciccone

I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.
Madonna Ciccone

I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For example, mothers teach you manners. And I absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations.
Madonna Ciccone

I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
Madonna Ciccone

I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.
Madonna Ciccone

I hope that I inspire women to believe in themselves, no matter where they come from; no matter what education they have; what particular background they originate from.
Madonna Ciccone

On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for it, you know what I mean? I'm constantly in conflict with things. And it is because of my past and my upbringing and the journey that I've been on.
Madonna Ciccone

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
Madonna Ciccone

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.
Madonna Ciccone

In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.
Madonna Ciccone

If I can't be daring in my work or the way I live my life, then I don't really see the point of being on this planet.
Madonna Ciccone

I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.
Madonna Ciccone