Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
MADONNA CICCONEElvis Presley? He’s God.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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They’re only words, unless they’re true.
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There are moments when I can’t believe I’m as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don’t think, Oh God, I’m missing something.
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People have this idea that if you’re sexual and beautiful and provocative, then there’s nothing else you could possibly offer.
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Younger people are generally more adventurous – they’re more open, more fun – have you met many guys my age? Guys my age are married or divorced or grumpy, fat and balding.
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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.
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I’ve never really lived a conventional life, so I think it’s quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.
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Hey, wait a minute, I was a Spice Girl once!
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Beauty’s where you find it; not just where you bump and grind it.
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We’ve made so many advances in other areas – civil rights, gay rights – but ageism is still an area that’s taboo and not talked about and dealt with.
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I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty
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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.
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Do everything you’re told. Be a good cheerleader. And never, never say, ‘It’s not so bad.’ Say ‘You are almost there!’ And say it a lot.
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I’m sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.
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And I feel faster than the speeding light.
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Believing in yourself and being willing to do anything, to walk through the fire, to do what it is that you want to do. Getting out of that car accident covered with blood to play the gig . . . I mean, that’s me. That’s just me.
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