606 Quotes by Madonna Ciccone

When I first came up, the whole AIDS epidemic was starting, and the gay community that I experienced from the beginning of my career was mostly - and overwhelmingly - concerned with staying alive. And, also, I felt really aware of the preciousness of life and time. The gay community and people who were HIV-positive were treated so badly, and I was very disturbed by things. But I also saw a lot of love and connection in the gay community at that time.

I do some of my best stand-up comedy during sound checks.

I've always been interested in electronica, techno, trip-hop, that kind of music. The thing that bothered me about a lot of that music, though, was it seemed devoid of emotion. There wasn't a lot that felt personal.

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.

I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.

Isn't everyone just travelling down their own road watching the signs as they go?

I think there probably was a time when I was less provocative. That's when I was married.

If the land of make believe is inside your heart it will never leave.

I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.