To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.
MADONNA CICCONETo me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.
MADONNA CICCONEThey’re only words, unless they’re true.
MADONNA CICCONEThe idea of service to humanity, putting yourself in situations where people have much less than you do, puts life in perspective.
MADONNA CICCONEElvis Presley? He’s God.
MADONNA CICCONEI grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
MADONNA CICCONEI think I had a lot of bad hair moments. In the early 80’s just sometimes I wore purple lipstick or green lipstick.
MADONNA CICCONERita Haywood gave good face.
MADONNA CICCONEI can’t stand when I walk into a room and everyone’s not talking to each other and just on their phones.
MADONNA CICCONEWhen we take a picture, we have a negative. We put the right solution on it and, suddenly, the picture comes to life. So what do we do? We take the negative and turn it into a positive.
MADONNA CICCONEWe all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect
MADONNA CICCONEI’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.
MADONNA CICCONEWhen I came to New York it was the first time I’d ever taken a plane, the first time I’d ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I’d ever done.
MADONNA CICCONEHey, wait a minute, I was a Spice Girl once!
MADONNA CICCONEWhen I think about popular culture, I can’t help but think that we’re living in the age of loneliness. There’s this illusion that we all have instant access to each other, but we actually have no real connection.
MADONNA CICCONEI feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
MADONNA CICCONEThe one thing I don’t understand is when people make comments who are clearly not fans of mine. I think, why are you here? Why are you wasting your time? It’s fascinating.
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