Madonna Madonna Quotes

"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."

"Freedom comes when you learn to let go. Creation comes when you learn to say no."

"I became an overachiever to get approval from the world"

"Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion."

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

"I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God."

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

"I had to write my book because there weren't any good children's books out there."

"because my record company is not very keen on the idea of me injuring myself."

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

"I'm a totally different person now, ... It's the natural progression ? most people just grow up (after) having children, being in a grown-up relationship, having so many years of life in the spotlight ... having fame and fortune (and) realizing it's not what everyone thinks it is, and what it's all cracked up to be."

"I'm anal retentive. I'm a workaholic. I have insomnia. And I'm a control freak. That's why I'm not married. Who could stand me?"

"I suppose I sometimes used to act like I wasn't a human being... Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe."

"If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna."

"[She's also strict about laundry duties: If Lourdes leaves dirty clothes on the floor,] we take all of her clothes and put them in a bag, and she has to earn all of her clothes back by being tidy, ... She wears the same outfit every day to school until she learns her lesson."

"You stiffen up, ... and you have too many clothes on so you can't swing."

"If you leave your clothes on the floor, they're gone when you come home."

"Love is a bird, she needs to fly.Let all the hurt inside of you die."

"Without the heart, there can be no understanding between the hand and the mind."

"Stuart and I didn't want to remake the past, but make it into something new."