black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

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
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.
MADONNA CICCONE

Gay Made Right
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.
MADONNA CICCONE

Believe Better Feel Thinking
If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.
MADONNA CICCONE

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

Hey Rubber Silly
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.
MADONNA CICCONE

Dangerous Show Worry
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
I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience.
MADONNA CICCONE

Art Film Form
All you need is your own imagination. So use it that’s what it’s for.
MADONNA CICCONE

Imagination Need Use
I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty
MADONNA CICCONE

Age Forty Idiot
I don’t care anymore if people dress like me, now I want them to think like me.
MADONNA CICCONE

Dresses People Thinking
If you don’t vote, you’re going to get a spanking.
MADONNA CICCONE

People Spanking Vote
Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.
MADONNA CICCONE

Catholic Pain Punishment
As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.
MADONNA CICCONE

Degradation Media Stupidity
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.
MADONNA CICCONE

Boy Girl School

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Madonna Ciccone Quotes