Madonna Quotes

“A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.”

“At least my cage is filled with light.”

“Beauty is where you find it.”

“Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep.”

“Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling – frightened you'll slip away.”

“Don’t just stand there let’s get to it. Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it.”

“Everyone is entitled to my opinion.”

“Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book.”

“Fame is a form of misunderstanding.”

“Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is.”

“I always thought I should be treated like a star.”

“I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too. ”

“I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved.”

“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”

“I am rich and famous. I have a talented and gorgeous husband and two beautiful children. I could go on.”

“I laugh at myself. I don't take myself completely seriously. I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to... you have to laugh, especially at yourself.”

“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.”

“I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but I want to stay alive.”

“I was wrong: there are no rules if you’re a boy. If you’re a girl, you have to play the game. What is that game – You are allowed to be pretty, and cute, and sexy, but don’t act too smart, don’t have an opinion, don’t have an opinion that it’s out of line with the standards at least. You’re allowed to be objectified by men and dressed like a sl*t but don’t hold your sl*ttiness and do not – I repeat – do not share your own sexual fantasies with the world. Be what men want you to be, but more importantly, be what women feel comfortable with you being around other men. And finally, do not age because to age is a sin. You’d be criticized, you’d be vilified and you would definitely not be played on the radio.”

“I won't be happy until I'm famous like God.”

“I wouldn’t have turned out the way I was if I didn’t have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.”

“I'm an*l retentive. I'm a workaholic. I have insomnia. And I'm a control freak. That's why I'm not married. Who could stand me?”

“I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.”

“I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a b*tch, okay.”

“If I have learned one thing in my life, it is this — just go with it. If you relax, it doesn’t hurt as much.”

“If I'm smart then I'll run away, but I'm not so I guess I'll stay.”

“If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end.”

“If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.”

“In the blink of an eye everything can change! Why waste time?‪”

“It's not easy having a good marriage – but I don't want easy. Easy doesn't make you grow. Easy doesn't make you think. I thank God everyday that I am married to a man who makes me think. That's my definition of true love.”