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Madonna Ciccone Quotes

I was named after my mother. And I guess when I started making records, Madonna Ciccone seemed too long and complicated, and I just got stuck with Madonna.

Madonna Ciccone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: August 16, 1958

Topics

Mother Long Complicated Started Just

I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

Jet Li

Children Sports School Go Normal

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership.

Jerzy Kosinski

Life Homeless Philosophy Ownership

I'm so terrified to write that I don't type at all.

Jessica St. Clair

Write Type Terrified

There are certain things that bother me and certain things that don't. Personal attacks on me? I think I'm just so used to it.

Angelina Jolie

Me Think Personal Things Used Just

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.

Johnny Cash

Talent People Writing Think Lose

It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

Ama Ata Aidoo

Sad Children Moment Parents Become

That first year I was doing 'Grey's,' I didn't know it was possible to fire the creator of a show off their own show, so I didn't behave like somebody who was afraid of being fired.

Shonda Rhimes

Fire Doing Year Know Grey Possible

This is what really makes real jazz musicians: people coming out with their own voice.

Roscoe Mitchell

People Voice Musicians Jazz Real

I've always wanted to drive cross-country.

Mila Kunis

Drive Always Wanted

Even though there is randomness and improvisation in my music, I want to have some concrete idea that I can hold onto.

Miguel Zenon

Music I Can Want Concrete Hold Idea

Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.

Jean Cocteau

Work Plant Artist Talk Asking Like

Alzheimer's disease is never an 'accident' in a marriage. It falls under the purview of God's sovereignty. In the case of someone with Alzheimer's, this means God's unconditional and sacrificial love has an opportunity to be even more gloriously displayed in a life together.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Life Love Marriage God Opportunity