Challenge the status quo.

Stand up for what you believe in.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness.

True power comes from within.

I’m constantly evolving.

Your uniqueness is your greatest asset.

Never underestimate the power of a woman.

I’m not going to let anyone tell me who I am.

I’m not just a musician; I’m a cultural phenomenon.

Success is not about being famous.

Every moment is a gift.

Embrace the chaos.

Life is a game, and I’m here to play.

You have to love yourself before you can love someone else.

You can’t have a happy life if you’re afraid of the unknown.

Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn’t find him stiff at all.

I’m a work in progress.

Growing up, I didn’t feel cool; I didn’t fit into any crowd.

I want to be an artist who breaks boundaries.

When you’re 25, it’s a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you.

Art should be provocative.

There’s nothing more important than a good education.

I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

I want to be a teacher, and I want to be a performer.

It’s all about confidence. You can’t be afraid to stand up and be who you are.

People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.

Every time you listen to my music, I’m there with you.

I am my own muse.

I am the result of the good choices I’ve made and the bad choices.

I’m not a feminist, I’m a humanist.

In this business, my business, I get to meet all kinds of incredible people, fascinating people, glamorous people and sexy people and highly intellectual people. And you meet them and you go ‘interesting, interesting, interesting’. They’re interesting, but not very many people stop you in your tracks.

You have to be willing to get burned.

If I can’t be daring in my work or the way I live my life, then I don’t really see the point of being on this planet.

Papa Don’t Preach.

My physical transformations – like changing my hair – are usually a reflection of what’s inspiring me at the moment.

Children always understand. They have open minds. They have built-in shit detectors.

I’m not afraid of anything.

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.

In the blink of an eye everything can change! Why waste time?‪

Only when I’m dancing can I feel this free.

I have the same goal I’ve had ever since I was a girl: I want to rule the world.

To be a great artist, you have to be fearless.

My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.

Fame is a form of misunderstanding.

Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion.

I get strength from my art – all the paintings I own are powerful.

We’re all human, and we all have flaws.

My having a child is not for public consumption. It’s not a career move. It’s not a performance to be judged or rated. Nor is my role as a mother.

Family is everything. Family comes first. It’s not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is.

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.

I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.

I’m a survivor. I’m like a cockroach.

I am rich and famous. I have a talented and gorgeous husband and two beautiful children. I could go on.

T.G.T.B.T: too good to be true.

I must have been Japanese in a previous life. I’m pretty sure I was a warrioress. I can’t explain it, I just know. I’m good at fighting – fighting with a big sword.

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.

I’m always reinventing myself.

It’s not easy having a good marriage – but I don’t want easy. Easy doesn’t make you grow. Easy doesn’t make you think. I thank God everyday that I am married to a man who makes me think. That’s my definition of true love.

Only love can last.

Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.

One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have a muse, whether it’s Frida Kahlo, Martha Graham, Marlene Dietrich, or Pippi Longstocking.

People need to see a woman with ambition.

Power without guilt, love without doubt.

Deep in my heart I’m concealing things that I’m longing to say. Scared to confess what I’m feeling – frightened you’ll slip away.

Never forget to dream.

Where you record is very important. It can’t be too nice, it can’t be too expensive, it can’t have a view to an ocean or a field.

Life is a mystery; everyone must stand alone.

I’ve been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.

There are moments when I can’t believe I’m as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don’t think, Oh God, I’m missing something.

It’s not my nature to just kick back.

I wear the Jewish star, but I’m not – I haven’t converted to Judaism, and I’m not – I’m not – I’m not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.

If you don’t have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?

I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.

I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but i want to STAY ALIVE.

I’m not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

You have to be a little bit of a rebel to be a success.

Everyone probably thinks that I’m a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I’d rather read a book.

If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you’re always going to be disappointed.

I wouldn’t have turned out the way I was if I didn’t have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.

I hope that I inspire women to believe in themselves, no matter where they come from; no matter what education they have; what particular background they originate from.

I have a very strong sense of my own identity.

Everybody loves you when they are about to cum.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

I think the ultimate challenge is to have some kind of style and grace, even though you haven’t got money, or standing in society, or formal education. I had a very middle, lower-middle class sort of upbringing, but I identify with people who’ve had, at some point in their lives to struggle to survive. It adds another color to your character.

I’m always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

I don’t want to be a man. I want to be a woman.

There’s no such thing as the perfect soulmate. If you meet someone and you think they’re perfect, you better run as fast as you can in the other direction. ‘Cos your soulmate is the person that pushes all your buttons, pisses you off on a regular basis, and makes you face your shit.

Sick and perverted always appeals to me.

I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved.

One thing I’ve learned is that I’m not the owner of my talent; I’m the manager of it.

I’m always chasing after rainbows.

If it’s bitter at the start, then it’s sweeter in the end.

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.

Ever since my daughter was born I feel the fleetingness of time. And I don’t want to waste it on getting the perfect lip color.

When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.

The most controversial thing I’ve ever done is to be myself.

Power is being told you’re not loved and not being destroyed by it.

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don’t want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don’t judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done.

I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.