Bold, beautiful and controversial – that almost aptly sums up Madonna – the Queen of pop who has ruled Billboard charts and hearts for several decades now. With a stunning figure, oodles of talent, great fame and a controversial way of life, she is the person who is always there – in your drawing room conversations as well as your playlist. Enjoy our collection of some of the most memorable quotes of Madonna that finds the pop queen come candid about her life, love and more.
Madonna Quotes about Life
I think that life is a paradox and you have to embrace that in your work and your belief systems ...you can't be a literalist, and that's the trouble that people always find themselves in. That's why people always hit a wall with any of my stuff, because you can't take it literally.
~ Madonna.
I could probably bring up a child as normal as I can live my life. I surround myself with people who don't treat me like a celebrity or a freak or whatever, and I would do the same with my child.
~ Madonna.
I have had many challenges in my life, including some very big ones when I was young and I've learned a lot of valuable lessons along the way.
~ Madonna.
I have seen life from just about every angle you can see it from.
~ Madonna.
The fact of the matter is that you can use your beauty and use your charm and be flirtatious, and you can get people interested in your beauty. But you cannot maintain that. In the end, talent is the only thing. My work is the only thing that's going to change any minds.
~ Madonna.
I think that life is a paradox and you have to embrace that in your work and your belief systems ...you can't be a literalist, and that's the trouble that people always find themselves in. That's why people always hit a wall with any of my stuff, because you can't take it literally.
~ Madonna.
I could probably bring up a child as normal as I can live my life. I surround myself with people who don't treat me like a celebrity or a freak or whatever, and I would do the same with my child.
~ Madonna.
I have had many challenges in my life, including some very big ones when I was young and I've learned a lot of valuable lessons along the way.
~ Madonna.
I have seen life from just about every angle you can see it from.
~ Madonna.
The fact of the matter is that you can use your beauty and use your charm and be flirtatious, and you can get people interested in your beauty. But you cannot maintain that. In the end, talent is the only thing. My work is the only thing that's going to change any minds.
~ Madonna.
Madonna Quotes about Herself
I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.
~ Madonna.
I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.
~ Madonna.
I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.
~ Madonna.
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
~ Madonna.
I hate polite conversation. I hate it when people stand around and go, 'Hi, how are you?' I hate words that don't have any reason or meaning. Also I hate it when people smoke in elevators and closed in places. It's just so rude.
~ Madonna.
I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.
~ Madonna.
I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.
~ Madonna.
I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.
~ Madonna.
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
~ Madonna.
I hate polite conversation. I hate it when people stand around and go, 'Hi, how are you?' I hate words that don't have any reason or meaning. Also I hate it when people smoke in elevators and closed in places. It's just so rude.
~ Madonna.
Madonna Quotes about Love
Romance should be spontaneous, but in my career I'm totally in control.
~ Madonna.
I'm a very old-fashioned girl. Marriage is a great thing when it's right. And I did celebrate it and embrace it, and I wanted the whole world to know that this was the man I loved more than anything. But there's a price to pay for that, which is something I realize now.
~ Madonna.
I miss New York. I still love how people talk to you on the street - just assault you and tell you what they think of your jacket.
~ Madonna.
Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself...love life and your family.
~ Madonna.
Ever since I was in high school, when I was madly in love with someone, I was so proud of that person. I wanted the world to know that I loved him. But once you reveal it to the world - and you're in the public eye - you give it up, and it's not your own anymore. I began to realize how important it is to hold on to privacy and keeping things to yourself as much as possible. It's like a runaway train afterwards.
~ Madonna.
Romance should be spontaneous, but in my career I'm totally in control.
~ Madonna.
I'm a very old-fashioned girl. Marriage is a great thing when it's right. And I did celebrate it and embrace it, and I wanted the whole world to know that this was the man I loved more than anything. But there's a price to pay for that, which is something I realize now.
~ Madonna.
I miss New York. I still love how people talk to you on the street - just assault you and tell you what they think of your jacket.
~ Madonna.
Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself...love life and your family.
~ Madonna.
Ever since I was in high school, when I was madly in love with someone, I was so proud of that person. I wanted the world to know that I loved him. But once you reveal it to the world - and you're in the public eye - you give it up, and it's not your own anymore. I began to realize how important it is to hold on to privacy and keeping things to yourself as much as possible. It's like a runaway train afterwards.
~ Madonna.
Cool Madonna Quotes
I know the aspect of my personality, being the vixen, the heartbreaker and the incredibly provocative girl is a very marketable image - but it's not insincere. You just can't take it seriously.
~ Madonna.
I have the most perfect belly button. When I stick my fingers in it, I feel a nerve in the center of my body shoot up my spine.
~ Madonna.
With the crucifixes I was exorcising the extremes that my upbringing dwelt on. Putting them up on the wall and throwing darts at them. And the 'Boy Toy' thing was a joke, a tag name given to me when I first arrived in New York because I flirted with the boys. All the graffiti artists wore their nicknames on their belt buckles.
~ Madonna.
Being blonde is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blonde has some incredible sort of sexual connotation. Men really respond to it.
~ Madonna.
I'd like to think I am taking people on a journey; I am not just entertaining people, but giving them something to think about when they leave.
~ Madonna.
I know the aspect of my personality, being the vixen, the heartbreaker and the incredibly provocative girl is a very marketable image - but it's not insincere. You just can't take it seriously.
~ Madonna.
I have the most perfect belly button. When I stick my fingers in it, I feel a nerve in the center of my body shoot up my spine.
~ Madonna.
With the crucifixes I was exorcising the extremes that my upbringing dwelt on. Putting them up on the wall and throwing darts at them. And the 'Boy Toy' thing was a joke, a tag name given to me when I first arrived in New York because I flirted with the boys. All the graffiti artists wore their nicknames on their belt buckles.
~ Madonna.
Being blonde is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blonde has some incredible sort of sexual connotation. Men really respond to it.
~ Madonna.
I'd like to think I am taking people on a journey; I am not just entertaining people, but giving them something to think about when they leave.
~ Madonna.
Inspirational Madonna Quotes
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
~ Madonna.
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
~ Madonna.
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 do it in most of the things I do, and most of the videos that I make and most of my performances. Even in my concerts there are so many moments when I just stood still and laughed at myself.
~ Madonna.
You have to be patient. I'm not.
~ Madonna.
Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep.
~ Madonna.
That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure.
~ Madonna.
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
~ Madonna.
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
~ Madonna.
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 do it in most of the things I do, and most of the videos that I make and most of my performances. Even in my concerts there are so many moments when I just stood still and laughed at myself.
~ Madonna.
You have to be patient. I'm not.
~ Madonna.
Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep.
~ Madonna.
That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure.
~ Madonna.