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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.

Madonna Ciccone

Hey you! Don’t be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!
MADONNA CICCONE

Hey Rubber Silly
I 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 CICCONE

Outsiders People School
I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
MADONNA CICCONE

Feel Home Just Today
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.
MADONNA CICCONE

Guy Men Thinking
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 CICCONE

Age Home Independent
I felt very awkward and out of place in school. Not popular, not attractive, not special in any way and I was longing for love and approval from someone.
MADONNA CICCONE

Awkward School Self Esteem
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.
MADONNA CICCONE

Believe Fire Mean
When 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 CICCONE

Cab Country People Taxi
Strong women leave big hickies
MADONNA CICCONE

Leave Strong Women
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.
MADONNA CICCONE

Choices Foolish Thinking
Are you ready boots? Start Walking…..never look back. #‎ artforfreedom #‎ revolutionoflove
MADONNA CICCONE

Boot Look Ready
Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn’t find him stiff at all.
MADONNA CICCONE

Salad Tables Throwing
Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go.
MADONNA CICCONE

Difficult Letting Sleep Things
When 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 CICCONE

Loneliness Real Thinking
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.
MADONNA CICCONE

Hurt Love Strong Women
I am very proud to be Italian.
MADONNA CICCONE

Country People Proud

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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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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