606 Quotes by Madonna Ciccone

I know there's a lot of competition in the world of magazines and newspapers and we have to make headlines and be sensational and sell, and saying bad things about me is going to sell more papers than writing good things about me.

One of the many things I learned from all of this: If you aren't willing to fight for what you believe in, then don't even enter the ring.

As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.

The cross is a very powerful symbol and it symbolizes suffering, but it also is connected to a person who was loving and sharing and his message was about unconditional love. I tried to take a powerful image and use it to draw attention to a situation that needs attention. For me, we all need to be Jesus in our time. Jesus' message was to love your neighbor as yourself and these are people in need.

Like a virgin, touched for the very first time.

I wouldn't say I wanna conquer the world anymore. But I want to be a part of making the world a better place. I want to inspire people and I wanna be part of the solution.

I think they were scared of me because I was different.

In our house we don't use words like "despise" and 'hate,' we say "strongly dislike."

I believe sometimes we aren't always in charge of everything that we do creatively. We submit to things as we're going on our own journey.