"Make no mistake, Madonna is always in control of the image she wants you to see."
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Madonna Ciccone quotes (page 29 of 30)
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"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."
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"I'm liking the idea more and more of just standing up with a microphone and talking."
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"I was working with Toby Gad, who spent a lot of time in India. There's a sitar [in "Body Shop"] and the song has a very Indian flavor to it. I liked the idea of the body of a car as a kind of sexual metaphor - What you do to a car, what you do in a car - drive. So, lots of innuendos, and lots of fun."
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"My daughter's birth was like a rebirth for me."
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"Before doing any interviews I like to know who I'm meeting with and get a bit of an idea of their sensibilities."
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"My father was very strict with me, and I kept seeing a disparity between their freedom and my lack of it, or how I had all the responsibilities and they had none. And the Catholic Church, all of the rules, and why did I have to wear a dress when they could wear pants? I would say to my dad: 'Will Jesus love me less if I wear pants? Am I going to hell?'"
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"I think there probably was a time when I was less provocative. That's when I was married."
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"Everyone who knows me thinks I'm a bit of a work Nazi."
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"I think most children who are adopted ultimately want to meet their biological parents and often do. I think that is an important journey for children who are adopted to go on."
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"I don't affiliate myself with any specific religious group. I connect to different ritualistic aspects of different belief systems, and I see the connecting thread between all religious beliefs."
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"I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience."
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"I wake up every morning and it's like when you break up with somebody who has really broken your heart."
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"In America it is not considered to be mentally ill when a woman advances on her prey in a discotheque setting with hardy cocktails present."
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"If those civil rights groups are going into those orphanages and offering to look after those children, then they have every right to make a stink about it. But they're not. They're not offering a solution."
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"RIP George Michael. I can't believe it. Such an incredible singer and a lovely human being, far too young to leave us."
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"People love pitting strong females against each other."
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"It's always exciting for me to perform."
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"I do some of my best stand-up comedy during sound checks."
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"I like talking; I like playing with the audience."
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