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 CICCONEWe’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.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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And I feel faster than the speeding light.
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I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
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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.
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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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Are you ready boots? Start Walking…..never look back. # artforfreedom # revolutionoflove
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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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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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I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.
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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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