Quotes from Madonna Ciccone

If you have to ask for something more than once or twice, it wasn't yours in the first place. And that's hard to accept when you love someone.

I must confess that I am usually drawn to sadness, and loneliness has never been a stranger to me. But love tried to welcome me, but my soul drew back, guilty of lust and sin.

Tell me love isn't true, it's just something that we do.

'Jesus' message was to love your neighbour as yourself, and there are people in need. I hope that people got that message.

Go down where all life begins, go down that's where my love is.

I loved Prince then, I love him now and will love him eternally. He's with our son now.

Nothing really matters; love is all we need.

And I'll remember the love that you gave me, now that I am standing on my own, I'll remember the way that you changed me, I'll remember.

I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII's knights in another life, riding through a great forest.

Don't go for second best. Put your love to the test.

Until I learned to love myself, I was never ever lovin' nobody else.

I don't doubt love for a second. I'm living for love. Listen to my songs!

People love pitting strong females against each other.

I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience.

I think love resides in all of the songs, even when they are overtly sexual.

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.

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.

When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went there and that's how I really got into the music business. But I didn't like what I was doing when I got there, so I left, and I never did a record there.

I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.

If you want something bad enough the whole world conspires to help you get it.

I wouldn't say I wanna conquer the world anymore. But I want to be a part of making the world a better place. I want to inspire people and I wanna be part of the solution.

Every time I reach a new peak, I see a new one I want to climb.

I'm not claiming to appeal to the same people that Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears are going to appeal to. I'm not trying to. I'm doing what I want to do.

I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.