If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.
MADONNA CICCONEYounger 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.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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The definition of S & M is letting someone hurt you that you know would never hurt you.
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Hey, wait a minute, I was a Spice Girl once!
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I can’t stand when I walk into a room and everyone’s not talking to each other and just on their phones.
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Marriage? I don’t know what I really think about marriage. I’m a bit confused on that issue.
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Effeminate men intrigue me more than anything in the world. I see them as my alter egos. I feel very drawn to them. I think like a guy, but I’m feminine. So I relate to feminine men.
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A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don’t worry about that.
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And then, going to high school, I saw how popular girls had to behave to get the boys. I knew I couldn’t fit into that. So I decided to do the opposite. I refused to wear makeup, to have a hairstyle. I refused to shave. I had hairy armpits.
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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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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 am very proud to be Italian.
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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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On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for.
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I’ve slept with Prince.
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To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don’t want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.
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