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To celebrate the upcoming release of Madonna's Greatest Hits album "Celebration", I decided to put together this massive picspam of all my favourite shots featuring the Queen of Pop herself. You'll also find some download links to live performances & memorable quotes.
"I went to New York. I had a dream. I wanted to be a big star. I didn’t know anybody. I wanted to dance. I wanted to sing. I wanted to do all those things. I wanted to make people happy. I wanted to be famous. I wanted everybody to love me. I wanted to be a star. I worked really hard and my dream came true."
"I used to go to this club in New York, Danceteria, and I kept bringing my demos to the DJ, so all music for me begins with the DJ taking my first record, 'Everybody', and thinking it's good enough to play to everyone to dance to."
“I always thought of losing my virginity as a career move.”
"You must be my Lucky Star
'Cause you make the darkness seem so far
And when I'm lost you'll be my guide
I just turn around and you're by my side"
Lucky Star @ The Virgin Tour
"You're not happy with the way I act
You better turn around boy, don't look back
You're getting angry, you know I can see
You're just jealous 'cause you can't be me"
"Gambler" @ The Virgin Tour
“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”
"Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion."
"She's smiling, an invitation to the dance
Her heart is on the street, tu corazon es suyo
Now you're falling at her feet
You try to get away but you can't."
"Who's That Girl" @ Who's That Girl Tour
"I don't cook, I'm sorry, but I do other things... very well."
"Everyone agreed that I had something to say, but no one agreed that I had any talent."
"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."
"You don’t need diamond rings
Or eighteen karat gold
Fancy cars that go very fast
You know they never last, no, no"
"Express Yourself" @ Blond Ambition Tour
"It's time for the good times
Forget about the bad times, oh yeah
One day to come together
To release the pressure"
"Holiday" @ Blond Ambition Tour
"I know that I'm not the best singer, and I know that I'm not the best dancer, but I'm not interested in that. I'm interested in pushing people's buttons, in being provocative, in being political."
"If you're going to reveal yourself, reveal yourself."
"Come on, take a chance
Get up and start the dance
Let the D.J. shake you
Let the music take you."
"Everybody" @ The Girlie Show
"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."
"People think they will wake up one day and I'll be gone. But I'm never going away."
"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. I have seen life from just about every angle you can see it from. "
"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."
"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."
"Life is a journey and hopefully as you get older you get wiser and you get closer to who you are and the truth of who you are.”
"Letting go
Is not my thing
Walk away
Won't let it happen again."
"Gone" @ Drowned World Tour
"I do think that if I've been enlightened - and I truly feel [that] - then it's my responsibility to share what I know with other people."
"I’d like to express my extreme point of view
I’m not a Christian and I’m not a Jew
I’m just livin’ out the American dream
And I just realized that nothin’ is what it seems."
"American Life" @ Reinvention Tour
“The ideas for all the books ultimately came from my own life experiences. This one was my realization that material things don’t buy you happiness. … If you don’t have great success, how could you come to this conclusion? I had to go through this, and there were times in my life where I was perceived to have everything, yet I didn’t feel fulfilled.”
"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."
"Sometimes getting onstage is the easiest thing in the world. Other times, it's like, 'Can someone please hit me with a stun gun?' "
“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.”
"There's no borderline for the things that I can say, do, and create."
"Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is."
"You can call me a sinner
You can call me a saint
Celebrate me for who I am
Dislike me for what I ain't."
"Like it or Not" @ The Confessions Tour
“I've never worked with anyone before who is as genuine and as hands on as an artist as Madonna is. She's has her vision and knows how to get it.” - Stuart Price
"I search, I search, I search my whole life
To find, to find, to find the secret
And all I did was open up my eyes
Baby we can do it, we can do it all right."
"Get Together" @ The Confessions Tour
"You are who your are...
Wouldn't want to change a thing... (in spite of)
All the pain that love can bring....
What can I do?
I'm so in love with you..."
"Erotica" @ The Confessions Tour
"Now I can tell you about success, about fame
About the rise and the fall of all the stars in the sky
Don't it make you smile?
Let it will be"
"Let It Will Be" @ The Confessions Tour
"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."
"I had to marry a challenge because otherwise I would just get bored. Whatever else Guy is, he's never boring ... We're both there to help each other and challenge each other."
“She is no symbol. She is human. More brilliant than most. The real deal.” - Rosie O’Donnell
“I always thought I should be treated like a star.”
"Every time I reach a new peak, I see a new one that I want to climb. It's like I can't stop. Maybe I should rest and admire the view, but I can't. I've got to keep on pushing. Why? I don't know. I don't know what motivates me. I just know I've got to do it."
"Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there
Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery
Just like a dream, you are not what you seem
Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there."
"Like A Prayer" @ Sticky & Sweet Tour
She's like an older sister. Everything I have gone through, she went through ten times worse and ten times longer. She gives me good advice about how to say no and take care of myself.” - Gwyneth Paltrow
"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."