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.
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.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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I’m sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.
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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.
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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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Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go.
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Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it, Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it…
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To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.
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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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Being poor in Africa is something people in America can’t relate to. Part of the challenge is bringing that reality to people and moving them. You have to arouse compassion.
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All you need is your own imagination. So use it that’s what it’s for.
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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 all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect
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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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Beauty’s where you find it; not just where you bump and grind it.
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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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Having money is just the best thing in the world.
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