Madonna ciccone

I believe sometimes we aren't always in charge of everything that we do creatively. We submit to things as we're going on our own journey.

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

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need a partner in my life, and I think most people feel that way.

I tend to write during the day so I can see my children at night. But if my kids aren't with me and I have a chunk of time when I'm a single woman living in my house for a miraculous week, I will get...

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 wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.

I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.

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.

Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.