Madonna Ciccone Quotes

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.

Madonna Ciccone

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MusicCharacterMeStoryCreate

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

Robert Kennedy

FutureEnoughUnderstandWillTask

Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.

Maurice Chevalier

LoveGirlLightManSuitChosen

I had the '80s hair and braces and a 6-3 frame as a 16-year-old.

Matt Emmons

HairFrameBracesHad

Baseball is the life.

Steve Garvey

LifeBaseball

So many black kids aspire to be entertainers or professional athletes because those are the only role models they see that look like them. There are only 300 jobs in the NBA but an endless amount of opportunities as an entrepreneur. With enough hustle, entrepreneurship opens doors to a world of opportunities.

Troy Carter

WorldOpportunitiesBlackHustleSee

When I was playing junior football when I was a kid, we were the Geneva Giants, so it was kind of embedded in me to be a Giants fan.

Travie McCoy

FootballMeKindKidGiantsPlaying

On 'Darjeeling,' I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there throughout the whole process. On 'Moonrise Kingdom,' I showed up for one day.

Roman Coppola

DayProcessEvery DayOne DayUp

I wrote for free for, like, fifteen years; I could redo my parlor in rejection slips. It would be surprisingly tasteful - they use nice paper.

MaryJanice Davidson

FreeRejectionNiceYearsPaperUse

When I recorded 'Cooler Than Me', I had been singing for like, three months at the most. I was just a producer experimenting with my voice on tracks, and now I'm, like, a really good singer in a legit way.

Mike Posner

GoodMeSingingVoiceThreeWay

After high school, I worked as a messenger boy at a local bank. I was miserable. I felt like Robin Hood chained in the Sheriff of Nottingham's dungeon. As a would-be writer, I thought it was a catastrophe. As a bank employee, I could barely add or subtract and had to count on my fingers.

Lloyd Alexander

SchoolHigh SchoolThoughtHoodBoy

There's a romance and power to live theater.

Joshua Jackson

LivePowerRomanceTheater

Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.

Chris Lowe

StupidityEgoArroganceLongYou

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