Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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.
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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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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.
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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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Hollywood, how can it hurt you when it looks so good?
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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 have great respect for Sean Penn. It’s like most relationships that fail. It’s not one thing, it’s many thing that go on over a period of time.
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One thing I’ve learned is that I’m not the owner of my talent; I’m the manager of it.
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There is a very modest side to me too. How far away from me is the image? It’s about 20 steps away.
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I’ve slept with Prince.
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I am very proud to be Italian.
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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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When 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.
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I’m sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.
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As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.
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I laugh at myself. I don’t take myself completely seriously. I think that’s another quality that people have to hold on to… you have to laugh, especially at yourself.
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