468 Quotes by Madonna

The only way we know we love ourselves and the people in our life is by the agreements we are willing to make and keep.

Jean-Baptiste Mondino: “She’s John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the same time”.

One must dare to show what he wants. You have to go and ask for things rather than wait for them to happen.

I think they were scared of me because I was different. I’ve always asked, ‘Why? Why do I have to do that? Why do I have to look this way? Why do I have to dress this way? Why do I have to behave this way?’

My work gives me a sense of purpose that I never really had before – it gives me a lot of joy, and it would be wonderful to invite other people to get involved.

When you make a movie, it’s just a huge bureaucracy because movies cost so much money. Millions of people get involved, and pretty soon the creative idea gets tramped on and watered down or filtered through a huge system.

Britney Spears became my talisman. I became obsessed with wearing Britney T-shirts. I felt it would bring me luck. And it did.

David Bowie really played with ideas, and iconography and imagery. He’s brilliant man. And a gentleman, too.

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.