Quotes from Madonna Ciccone

We live in a very scary time. Or should I say we don't live at all.

I have great respect for Sean Penn. It's like most relationships that fail. It's not one thing, it's many thing that go on over a period of time.

I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.

But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere.

Jean-Baptiste Mondino: "She's John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the same time".

At a time when political correctness is valued over honesty I would also like to say right on motherfuckers!

Like a virgin, touched for the very first time.

I don't want no lies, I don't watch TV. I don't waste my time, won't read a magazine.

Let's forget about time And dance our lives away

You're so consumed with how much you get, you waste your time with hate and regret.

People think that being famous is just about having your picture taken all the time and being rich rich rich, and you know what?... They're absolutely right.

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

Of course, my interests and my focus change and become more diverse, more worldly. At the same time, I am interested in the simple basics, which is I love to dance and I love to make people dance.

A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that.

I just find the people I want to work with and put it all together, and it's a lot of hard work, and all kinds of catastrophes happen, but I don't really get too much resistance. But when you make a movie, it seems like there's nothing but resistance. It's kind of a miracle that any movie ever gets made.

Start saving your pennies now. People spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape the money together, and come to my show. I'm worth it.

Being loved keeps you young.

Love is a bird... she needs to fly.

I wanted to be famous, I wanted everybody to love me. I wanted to be a star. I worked really hard, and my dream came true.

When the day is done the most important thing is loving people and sharing love.

Thanks for all the birthday love! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world today!

The essence of femininity is to absolutely love being a woman.

I don't give a damn if I go to hell. I love you Satan. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

I felt very awkward and out of place in school. Not popular, not attractive, not special in any way and I was longing for love and approval from someone.