Madonna Ciccone Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

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

“I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.”

“When I left Michigan and I came to New York, that was my goal, to be a professional dancer. And I sort of fell into singing by accident in a way.”

“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.”

“When I first moved to New York, I wanted to be a dancer. I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence. I never tapped into nightlife; all I knew was dancers. We went to bed early and got up early and went to free concerts at the Lincoln Center and Shakespeare in the Park.”

“I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful.”

“Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.”

“I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.”

“I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.”

“Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.”