# Madonna

Madonna Louise Ciccone, plus connue sous le mononyme de Madonna, est une autrice-compositrice-interprète, danseuse, actrice, réalisatrice et femme d'affaires américaine née le 16 août 1958 à Bay City dans le Michigan.

## Par Madonna
### Citations générales

* (en) I will never be tragic. If it takes being tragic to have gay fans, then fuck it. I'll appeal only to straight people, I guess.
* À propos de la différence entre elle et d'autres icônes gay comme Judy Garland et Marilyn Monroe.
* Madonna, Biographie intime, J. Randy Taraborrelli (trad. Gilles Morris-Dumoulin), éd. Le Cherche midi, 2004 (ISBN 2-86274-952-4), p. 43
* (en) I know what it's like to feel powerless. And it doesn't feel good.
* Madonna, Biographie intime, J. Randy Taraborrelli (trad. Gilles Morris-Dumoulin), éd. Le Cherche midi, 2004 (ISBN 2-86274-952-4), p. 52
* (en) I won't be happy until I'm as famous as God.
* Madonna, Biographie intime, J. Randy Taraborrelli (trad. Gilles Morris-Dumoulin), éd. Le Cherche midi, 2004 (ISBN 2-86274-952-4), p. 133

#### Années 1980

* (en) Dick Clark : What do you hope will happen, not only in 1984 but for the rest of your professional life? What are your dreams? What's left? Madonna : To rule the world.
* (en) Madonna (trad. Wikiquote), American Bandstand, ABC, 14 janvier 1984
* (en) Time is money, and the money is mine.
* Pendant l'enregistrement de l'album Like a Virgin en 1984.
* C'est Chic, Nile Rodgers (trad. Anne-Laure Palmont, Frédéric Collay), éd. Rue Fromentin, 2013 (ISBN 2-919547-17-8), p. 278
* (en) I thought of it as a career move.
* À propos de la perte de sa virginité.
* (en) « The Glamourous Life », Jeffrey Ferry (trad. Wikiquote), The Face (ISSN 0263-1210), nº 58, février 1985, p. 35
* (en) When I came to New York, it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, it was the first time I'd ever gotten in a taxi cab, it was the first time for everything. And I came here not knowing anyone with thirty-five dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I've ever done.
* (en) « The Madonna interview: armed with talent, she came to New York and crosssed the Borderline of success », Lisa Robinson (trad. Wikiquote), Rock Video, nº 10, février 1985, p. 42-45
* (en) I've been called a tramp, a harlot, a slut and the kind of girl that always ends up in the backseat of a car. If people can't get past that superficial level of what I'm about, fine.
* (en) « Like A Virgin », Carl Arrington (trad. Wikiquote), People (ISSN 0093-7673), vol. 23 nº 10, 11 mars 1985, p. 113-116 (lire en ligne)
* (en) Bruce Springsteen was born to run. I was born to flirt.
* (en) « Like A Virgin », Carl Arrington (trad. Wikiquote), People (ISSN 0093-7673), vol. 23 nº 10, 11 mars 1985, p. 113-116 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.
* (en) « Like A Virgin », Carl Arrington (trad. Anne Bleuzen, Karine Laléchère), People (ISSN 0093-7673), vol. 23 nº 10, 11 mars 1985, p. 113-116 (lire en ligne)
* Madonna, Andrew Morton (trad. Anne Bleuzen, Karine Laléchère), éd. L'Archipel, 2002 (ISBN 2-84187-358-7), p. 153
* (en) Crucifixes are sexy because there's a naked man on them.
* (en) « Confessions of a Madonna », Scott Cohen (trad. Wikiquote), Spin (ISSN 0886-3032), vol. 1 nº 1, mai 1985, p. 42-45 (lire en ligne)
* (en) He educated me, he took me to museums and told me about art. He was my mentor, my father, my imaginative lover, my brother, everything, because he understood me. He encouraged me to go to New York. He was the one who said I could do it if I wanted to.
* À propos de son professeur de ballet Christopher Flynn
* (en) « Now: Madonna on Madonna », Denise Worrell (trad. Wikiquote), Time (ISSN 0040-781X), vol. 125 nº 21, 27 mai 1985 (lire en ligne)
* (en) My mother is the only other person I have ever heard of named Madonna. I never had trouble with the name. Not in school or anything, of course. I went to Catholic schools. And then when I got involved in the music industry, everybody thought I took it as a stage name. So I let them think that… It's pretty glamorous.
* (en) « Now: Madonna on Madonna », Denise Worrell (trad. Wikiquote), Time (ISSN 0040-781X), vol. 125 nº 21, 27 mai 1985 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I'm not ashamed of anything.
* Ce que Madonna a déclaré en 1985 quand Playboy et Penthouse ont publié des photos nues d'elle prises pendant ses jeunes années à New York.
* « Madonna's Photo Finish », Stephanie Mansfield, The Washington Post (ISSN 0190-8286), 11 juillet 1985 (lire en ligne)
* Madonna, Biographie intime, J. Randy Taraborrelli (trad. Gilles Morris-Dumoulin), éd. Le Cherche midi, 2004 (ISBN 2-86274-952-4), p. 128
* (en) I always thought that I should be treated like a star.
* (en) « That fabulous couple: Madonna and the camera », Robert Hofler (trad. Wikiquote), LIFE (ISSN 0024-3019), vol. 9 nº 13, décembre 1986, p. 60
* (en) I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old fashioned values to rebel against.
* À propos du style d'éducation imposé par son père Silvio Ciccone pendant son enfance.
* (en) Madonna (trad. Wikiquote), The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 9 juin 1987
* (en) Last year my best friend died of AIDS. Watching him die was the most frightening experience of my life. Right now there is no cure for AIDS but there is a way to stop it from spreading. Don't let fear keep you from knowing the facts.
* Extrait d'une BD distribuée lors d'un concert à New York le 13 juillet 1987 parrainé par l'amfAR pour sensibiliser les spectateurs à la prévention contre le sida.
* (en) Madonna: who's that girl, Madonna, éd. American Foundation for AIDS Research, 1987, p. 3
* (en) Lynn Phillips : Do you think sex is dirty? Madonna : Only when you don't take a bath.
* (en) « Madonna: who's that girl? », Lynn Phillips (trad. Wikiquote), American Film (ISSN 0361-4751), juillet/août 1987, p. 20-24
* (en) If his Holiness wants to see me, he can come to my show.
* (en) « Rockin' ‘87: The Good, Bad and Ugly », Patrick Goldstein (trad. Wikiquote), Los Angeles Times (ISSN 0458-3035), 27 décembre 1987, p. 348 (lire en ligne)
* (en) Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done.
* « Madonna: candid talk about music, movies and marriage », Bill Zehme (trad. Wikiquote), Rolling Stone (ISSN 0035-791X), nº 548, 23 mars 1989 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I feel more grounded when I have dark hair, and I feel more ethereal when I have light hair. It's unexplainable. I also feel more Italian when my hair is dark.
* « Madonna: candid talk about music, movies and marriage », Bill Zehme (trad. Wikiquote), Rolling Stone (ISSN 0035-791X), nº 548, 23 mars 1989 (lire en ligne)
* (en) Love is like breathing. You just have to do it.
* « Madonna: confession of a catholic girl », Becky Johnston (trad. Wikiquote), Interview (ISSN 0149-8932), vol. 19 nº 5, mai 1989, p. 56
* (en) Sick and perverted always appeals to me.
* Interview publiée dans le magazine SongTalk en 1989 pour la promotion de son album Like a Prayer.
* (fr) Jean-Alphonse Richard, Marie Bossard, Confidentiel, RTL, 31 octobre 2020 (accéder en ligne)

#### Années 1990

* (en) Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion.
* (en) « 'Blond Ambition' and Banzai Bustiers: Madonna Launches a Throbbing World Tour in Tokyo », Montgomery Brower, Todd Gold (trad. Annick Sinet), People (ISSN 0093-7673), vol. 33 nº 18, 7 mai 1990, p. 61 (lire en ligne)
* Madonna interdite, Christopher Andersen (trad. Annick Sinet), éd. Robert Laffont, 1992 (ISBN 2-221-07301-0), p. 244
* (en) Don't be silly! Put a rubber on your willy!
* Prononcée pendant le Blond Ambition Tour pour encourager le port du préservatif auprès du public.
* (en) « Spanking new Madonna », Brian D. Johnson (trad. Annick Sinet), MacLean's (ISSN 0024-9262), vol. 103 nº 25, 18 juin 1990, p. 48 (lire en ligne)
* Madonna interdite, Christopher Andersen (trad. Annick Sinet), éd. Robert Laffont, 1992 (ISBN 2-221-07301-0), p. 246
* (en) My show is not blasphemous. On the contrary it is entertaining and educational. The moral is 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.
* Propos tenus lors d'une conférence de presse en Italie après que l'Église catholique a jugé son Blond Ambition Tour « immoral » et « blasphématoire ».
* « 'Show Not Blasphemous,' Madonna Says », Reuters (trad. Clémence Renoux), Los Angeles Times (ISSN 0458-3035), 13 juillet 1990 (lire en ligne)
* (fr) « Joyeux anniversaire Madonna : retour sur ses citations les plus inspirantes », Clémence Renoux, Grazia (ISSN 2104-5542), 16 août 2016 (lire en ligne)
* (en) 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.
* « The Misfit », Lynn Hirschberg (trad. Wikiquote), Vanity Fair (ISSN 0733-8899), avril 1991, p. 200 (lire en ligne)
* (en) 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?
* (en) Madonna (trad. Clémence Renoux), Good Morning America, ABC, 9 mai 1991
* (fr) « Joyeux anniversaire Madonna : retour sur ses citations les plus inspirantes », Clémence Renoux, Grazia (ISSN 2104-5542), 16 août 2016 (lire en ligne)
* (en) Everyone probably thinks I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book.
* « Madonna talks », Adrian Deevoy (trad. Clémence Renoux), US Magazine (ISSN 1529-7497), nº 156, 13 mai 1991, p. 18-24
* (fr) « Joyeux anniversaire Madonna : retour sur ses citations les plus inspirantes », Clémence Renoux, Grazia (ISSN 2104-5542), 16 août 2016 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I'd say that after my father, the most powerful, important relationship of my life was with Christopher Flynn, who was my ballet teacher, who was gay. I didn't understand the concept of gay at that time. I was probably 12 or 13 years old. All I knew was that my ballet teacher was different from everybody else. He was so alive. He had a certain theatricality about him. He made you proud of yourself, just the way he came up to me and put my face in his hand and said, "You are beautiful." No one had woken up that part of me yet. I was too busy being repressed by my Catholic father. By the time I was 15 or 16, he took me to my first gay club to go dancing. I'd never been to a club. I'd only been to high school dances, and no guys would ever ask me to dance, because they thought I was insane, so I'd just go out and dance by myself.
* « Madonna: the X-Rated interview », Don Shewey (trad. Wikiquote), The Advocate (ISSN 0001-8996), nº 576, 7 mai 1991 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I am a high-visibility person, and I know that they know that I'm completely compassionate about their choice in life, their life-style, and I support it. To have a person like me saying that is helpful to them. They appreciate that.
* « Madonna: the X-Rated interview », Don Shewey (trad. Wikiquote), The Advocate (ISSN 0001-8996), nº 576, 7 mai 1991 (lire en ligne)
Madonna : Comment ça, qu'est-ce que j'en pense ? Don Shewey : Vous les soutenez, oui ou non ? Madonna : Bien sûr que je les soutiens ! Don Shewey : Qu'avez-vous pensé de leur manifestation à la cathédrale Saint-Patrick de New York, quand des militants d'ACT UP ont perturbé une messe que donnait le Cardinal John O'Connor et que l'un d'entre eux a profané l'Eucharistie en la crachant de sa bouche, en l'émiettant en morceaux et en les laissant tomber au sol ?
* (en) Don Shewey : What do you think of ACT UP? Madonna : What do you mean, what do I think of it? Don Shewey : Are you for 'em or against 'em? Madonna : I'm for 'em! Don Shewey : What did you think of the St. Patrick's Cathedral demonstration in New York City, where members of ACT UP disrupted a service that Cardinal John O'Connor was giving and somebody crumpled a communion wafer? Madonna : Sometimes you just have to go in and make a mess of things to get people to pay attention. I think they did the right thing. I'll probably get persecuted for saying that.
* « Madonna: the X-Rated interview », Don Shewey (trad. Wikiquote), The Advocate (ISSN 0001-8996), nº 576, 7 mai 1991 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.
* Propos tenus lors d'une interview accordée en mai 1991 lors du festival de Cannes pour la promotion du documentaire In Bed with Madonna.
* (en) Madonna (trad. Clémence Renoux), Biography, A&E, 5 octobre 1993
* (fr) « Joyeux anniversaire Madonna : retour sur ses citations les plus inspirantes », Clémence Renoux, Grazia (ISSN 2104-5542), 16 août 2016 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I have the same goal I've had since I was a girl. I want to rule the world.
* (en) « Madonna », People staff (trad. Gilles Morris-Dumoulin), People (ISSN 0093-7673), vol. 38 nº 4, 27 juillet 1992, p. 113-116 (lire en ligne)
* Madonna, Biographie intime, J. Randy Taraborrelli (trad. Gilles Morris-Dumoulin), éd. Le Cherche midi, 2004 (ISBN 2-86274-952-4), p. 19
* (en) People are so frightened of my ideas that they try to undermine my actual talent or any artistic value that may be in any of my work. And just say ‘oh she's just doing that to shock people,' or ‘oh, look, she's changing her look again, she really knows how to manipulate the media.' But the fact is if that's all I was good at doing, I don't think people would be paying attention to me for this long. I mean, I'm still here.
* (en) Madonna (trad. Wikiquote), Jonathan Ross presents Erotica, BBC1, 13 octobre 1992
* (en) Not only do we suffer from racism and sexism and things like that, but we also suffer from ageism; and, that is, once you reach a certain age, you're not allowed to be adventurous, you're not allowed to be sexual, you know? And I think that's rather hideous. I mean a lot of people have said, 'Oh, it's so pathetic, what is she... I hope she's not still doing that in ten years.' I mean who cares? What if I am? Is there a rule? What, are you supposed to just die when you're 40?
* (en) Madonna (trad. Wikiquote), Jonathan Ross presents Erotica, BBC1, 13 octobre 1992
* (en) I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
* « Madonna's dressed! In photos by Herb Ritts », Mike Myers (trad. Wikiquote), Interview (ISSN 0149-8932), juin 1993, p. 102
* (en) When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.
* (en) « The Madonna Complex : You don't have to tell her it's been a rocky couple of years. 'Sex' fizzled, 'Erotica' disappointed, and the movies bombed. Does she think her grip on pop culture loosened? », Sheryl Garratt (trad. Gilles Morris-Dumoulin), Los Angeles Times (ISSN 0458-3035), 23 octobre 1994, p. 4 (lire en ligne)
* Madonna, Biographie intime, J. Randy Taraborrelli (trad. Gilles Morris-Dumoulin), éd. Le Cherche midi, 2004 (ISBN 2-86274-952-4), p. 263
* (en) I feel one of the reasons gay culture more readily accepts strong females and divas, or likes women on general, is that the sexual tension is removed. The fucking aspect is nonexistent, so they just deal with women on an intellectual and emotional level.
* (en) « Live to Tell », Bob Guccione Jr. (trad. Stéphane Davet), Spin (ISSN 0886-3032), vol. 11 nº 10, janvier 1996, p. 40-47, 94-95
* (fr) « Ces chanteuses vénérées par les gays », Stéphane Davet, Le Monde (ISSN 1950-6244), 17 février 2007 (lire en ligne)
* (en) Better to live one year as a tiger than 100 as a sheep.
* (en) « Live to Tell », Bob Guccione Jr., Spin (ISSN 0886-3032), vol. 11 nº 10, janvier 1996, p. 40-47, 94-95
* (fr) « Joyeux anniversaire Madonna : retour sur ses citations les plus inspirantes », Clémence Renoux, Grazia (ISSN 2104-5542), 16 août 2016 (lire en ligne)
* (en) Any mistakes I've made are war wounds I wear proudly because they've shaped me more than anything else. I can only hope that if I'm patient and diligent enough, if I continue to grow as an artist and a human being, people will come to realize that I'm not some callous, power-hungry, sex-crazed control freak who sings occasionally. They'll see me for what I am. But just in case they never do, the people important to me, my friends and family, they know. They've always known, and that's enough for me.
* « More about Madonna than she has ever revealed: an amazing interview », Denis Ferrara (trad. Wikiquote), Cosmopolitan (ISSN 0010-9541), vol. 220 nº 2, février 1996, p. 85
* (en) Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.
* (en) « Madonna's private diaries », Madonna (trad. Wikiquote), Vanity Fair (ISSN 0733-8899), Novembre 1996, p. 225 (lire en ligne)
* (en) All I have to say is it takes a real man to fill my shoes.
* Prononcée pendant la cérémonie des MTV Video Music Awards en septembre 1999, où des drag queens ont rendu hommage à Madonna en se présentant sur scène avec les costumes les plus emblématiques de sa carrière.
* « Happy birthday to Madonna, Queen of the VMAs », Jesse Peterson (trad. Wikiquote), MTV, 16 août 2014 (lire en ligne)

##### Extraits de son livre SEX

* (en) Nothing in this book is true, I made it all up.
* SEX, Madonna, éd. Vade Retro Éditions, 1992 (ISBN 978-2-909828-00-8), p. 3
* (en) This book does not condone unsafe sex. These are fantasies I have dreamed up. Like most human beings, when I let my mind wander, when I let myself go, I rarely think of condoms. My fantasies take place in a perfect world, a place without AIDS. Unfortunately the world is not perfect and I know that condoms are not only necessary but mandatory.
* SEX, Madonna, éd. Vade Retro Éditions, 1992 (ISBN 978-2-909828-00-8), p. 3
* (en) I think I have a dick in my brain. I don't need to have one between my legs.
* SEX, Madonna, éd. Vade Retro Éditions, 1992 (ISBN 978-2-909828-00-8), p. 40
* (en) My pussy has nine lives.
* SEX, Madonna, éd. Vade Retro Éditions, 1992 (ISBN 978-2-909828-00-8), p. 68
* (en) How do you give a good blow job? Drink a lot of beers first.
* SEX, Madonna, éd. Vade Retro Éditions, 1992 (ISBN 978-2-909828-00-8), p. 108 et 109
* (en) A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
* SEX, Madonna, éd. Vade Retro Éditions, 1992 (ISBN 978-2-909828-00-8), p. 120

#### Années 2000

* (en) I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.
* (en) « Madonna, like you've never heard before », Miranda Sawyer (trad. Wikiquote), The Face (ISSN 0263-1210), nº 43, août 2000, p. 10
* (en) I've been popular and unpopular, successful and unsuccessful, loved and loathed, and I know how meaningless it all is, therefore I feel free to take risks.
* (en) « Justify your Love: with Music, Guy Ritchie and motherhood, Madonna has reinvented herself again and as always, it's okay to adore her. Just ask. », E. Jean Carroll (trad. Wikiquote), ELLE (ISSN 0888-0808), février 2001, p. 150-157
* (en) I haven't seen that documentary, but it sounds disgusting, like he exploited a friendship. Publicly humiliating someone for your own gain will only come and haunt you. I can assure you, all these people will be sorry. God's going to have his revenge.
* À propos du documentaire Living with Michael Jackson de Martin Bashir
* (en) « The only interview: Madonna attacks! », Paul Rees (trad. Wikiquote), Q Magazine (ISSN 0955-4955), nº 202, mai 2003, p. 86-92
* (en) If you want to pay tribute to me, then do something important with your life.
* (en) « Madonna sings for 500 fans », Rebecca Alison (trad. Wikiquote), The Guardian (ISSN 0261-3077), 10 mai 2003 (lire en ligne)
* (en) Every time I reach a new peak, I see a new one 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. I want to rule the world. Why? I don't know. I don't know what motivates me, I just know I've got to do it.
* Nobody Knows Me, Madonna (trad. Wikiquote), éd. Boy Toy Inc., 2004 (ISBN B000OCOE60), p. 2
* (en) My ambition may be American and I may have married a Brit but my heart belongs to France.
* Prononcé lors de la remise par Britney Spears d'un NRJ Music Award d'honneur en janvier 2004.
* (en) « This time, Britney just gets peck from Madonna », The Associated Press (trad. Wikiquote), Today, 25 janvier 2004 (lire en ligne)
* (en) 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.
* « Oprah Talks to Madonna », Oprah Winfrey (trad. Clémence Renoux), O, The Oprah Magazine (ISSN 1531-3247), janvier 2004 (lire en ligne)
* (fr) « Joyeux anniversaire Madonna : retour sur ses citations les plus inspirantes », Clémence Renoux, Grazia (ISSN 2104-5542), 16 août 2016 (lire en ligne)
* (en) No matter what you did, no matter who you are, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.
* Propos tenus dans un teaser pour son documentaire I'm Going to Tell You a Secret sorti en octobre 2005.
* « For the record: quick news on Carrie Underwood, Audioslave, Bam Margera, Alicia Keys, Tupac, Swizz Beatz & more », MTV News, MTV, 23 juin 2005 (lire en ligne)
* (en) Maybe I'm a gay man trapped in a woman's body!
* (en) Madonna (trad. Wikiquote), Parkinson, ITV, 12 novembre 2005
* (en) Then my best friend and my roommate Martin Burgoyne, I remember when he got sick. He called me up, and I have total recollection of that devastating moment because by then I knew it was something you didn’t recover from. In those days they didn’t have the cocktail of medicines that we have now that can keep you going forever – well, hopefully forever. And he said ‘I have something.’ It was something you get before full blown AIDS, and I remember [he] told me and I was like, ‘Ok, so that’s it, that’s it’. I just felt incredibly enraged and of course did everything I could to save him – I sent people to Mexico to get drugs that were illegal in America and bring them back, going through that and then just… a whole series of friends started to drop like flies. Then Keith Haring and then […] it left a huge vacuum in my life… I didn’t realize it until they were all gone.
* (en) « Madonna: Confessions of an Icon », Matthew Todd (trad. Wikiquote), Attitude (ISSN 1353-1875), nº 139, novembre 2005 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I am not going to hold a press conference if I have plastic surgery. But as I have said many times, I think about it, like everybody, and I sure don't rule it out.
* « Les confessions de Madonna », Denis Ferrara, Fugues (ISSN 0831-625), 25 mai 2006 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon – but I want to stay alive!
* « Madonna says she wants to be like Gandhi », Stephen M. Silverman, People, 15 février 2007 (lire en ligne)
* (en) And even the naysayers, the ones that said I was talentless, that I was chubby, that I couldn't sing, that I was a one-hit wonder. […] They helped me because they made me question myself repeatedly and they pushed me to be better. And I am grateful for their resistance.
* Madonna (trad. Wikiquote), 10 mars 2008, Cérémonie d'intronisation au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, dans Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducts Madonna, paru 11 mars 2008, Jon Pareles.
* (en) I have gone on to do so many things in my life, from writing children's books, to designing clothes, to directing a film. But for me, it always does, and it always will, come back to the music.
* Madonna (trad. Wikiquote), 10 mars 2008, Cérémonie d'intronisation au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, dans Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducts Madonna, Cohen, paru 11 mars 2008, Michelle Nichols.
* (en) I'm not against plastic surgery. I'm just against discussing it.
* « Madonna : « J'ai peur qu'on m'abandonne » », Louise Gannon (trad. Florence Tredez), ELLE (ISSN 0013-6298), 21 avril 2008 (lire en ligne)

#### Années 2010

* (en) The character that Richard E. Grant plays in the film I directed, Filth and Wisdom (2008), is this blind professor who was based on my ballet teacher, Christopher Flynn. Growing up in Michigan, I didn’t really know what a gay man was. He was the first man—the first human being—who made me feel good about myself and special. He was the first person who told me that I was beautiful or that I had something to offer the world.
* (en) « Madonna: like a virgin all over again », Gus Van Sant (trad. Wikiquote), Interview (ISSN 0149-8932), 3 mai 2010 (lire en ligne)
* (en) “At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love”, and who said that? Martin Luther King said that, and he fought for the rights of African and African-American people, he fought for their rights to be equal, to be treated equal, to be treated with tolerance, love and human dignity. He fought and he died for this principle. […] Now, I'm here to say that the gay community and gay people here and all around the world have the same rights! The same right to be treated to dignity, with respect, with love! […] And this is for people who are quoting the Bible – Jesus preached this; Moses preached this; Muhammad preached this: it's in every holy book – ‘love thy neighbor as thyself’. So, you cannot use religion to treat other people badly, you cannot use God’s name to treat other people badly.
* Ce discours intervient après le vote à Saint-Pétersbourg au printemps 2012 d'une loi réprimant « la propagande auprès des mineurs de la pédophilie, l'homosexualité, la bisexualité et du transsexualisme ».
* Discours tenu à Saint-Pétersbourg pendant le MDNA Tour (trad. Wikiquote), 9 août 2012, dans Madonna's full St. Petersburg speech, paru 11 août 2012, Madonna.
* (en) The threat of war is not keeping me out of a country. Actually it's an invitation.
* Madonna, VICE meets Madonna: secretprojectrevolution, YouTube, 25 septembre 2013
* (en) In life there is no real safety except for self-belief.
* Madonna (trad. Carole Boinet), 9 décembre 2016, Billboard Women in Music, dans Madonna Delivers Her Blunt Truth During Fiery, Teary Billboard Women In Music Speech, paru 9 décembre 2016, Joe Lynch.
* (fr) « Madonna révèle avoir été violée dans un formidable discours contre le sexisme », Carole Boinet, Les Inrockuptibles (ISSN 0298-3788), 13 décembre 2016 (lire en ligne)
* (en) If you're a girl, you have to play the game. You're allowed to be pretty and cute and sexy. But don't act too smart. Don't have an opinion that's out of line with the status quo. You are allowed to be objectified by men and dress like a slut, but don't own your sluttiness. And do not, I repeat do not, share your own sexual fantasies with the world. Be what men want you to be, but more importantly, be what women feel comfortable with you being around other men. And finally, do not age. Because to age is a sin. You will be criticized and vilified and definitely not played on the radio.
* Madonna (trad. Carole Boinet), 9 décembre 2016, Billboard Women in Music, dans Madonna Delivers Her Blunt Truth During Fiery, Teary Billboard Women In Music Speech, paru 9 décembre 2016, Joe Lynch.
* (fr) « Madonna révèle avoir été violée dans un formidable discours contre le sexisme », Carole Boinet, Les Inrockuptibles (ISSN 0298-3788), 13 décembre 2016 (lire en ligne)
* (en) I think the most controversial thing I have ever done is to stick around. Michael is gone. Tupac is gone. Prince is gone. Whitney is gone. Amy Winehouse is gone. David Bowie is gone. But I'm still standing. I'm one of the lucky ones and every day I count my blessings.
* Madonna (trad. Yohan Ruelle), 9 décembre 2016, Billboard Women in Music, dans Madonna Delivers Her Blunt Truth During Fiery, Teary Billboard Women In Music Speech, paru 9 décembre 2016, Joe Lynch.
* (fr) « Madonna, élue Femme de l'année, dénonce le sexisme dans un discours inspirant », Yohan Ruelle, Charts in France, 12 décembre 2016 (lire en ligne)
* (en) What I would like to say to all women here today is this: Women have been so oppressed for so long they believe what men have to say about them. They believe they have to back a man to get the job done. And there are some very good men worth backing, but not because they're men -- because they're worthy. As women, we have to start appreciating our own worth and each other's worth. Seek out strong women to befriend, to align yourself with, to learn from, to collaborate with, to be inspired by, to support, and enlightened by.
* Madonna (trad. Carole Boinet), 9 décembre 2016, Billboard Women in Music, dans Madonna Delivers Her Blunt Truth During Fiery, Teary Billboard Women In Music Speech, paru 9 décembre 2016, Joe Lynch.
* (fr) « Madonna révèle avoir été violée dans un formidable discours contre le sexisme », Carole Boinet, Les Inrockuptibles (ISSN 0298-3788), 13 décembre 2016 (lire en ligne)

#### Années 2020

* (en) There's a line in my script, when my mother dies, I get back up and I keep going. And [when] all my friends died of AIDS, I get back up and I keep going, Basquiat dies, and I get back up and I keep going. This stranger rapes me with a knife to my throat. I get back up and I keep going. My ex-husband betrays me. I get back up and I keep going. My brother betrays me, I get back up and I keep going. Either you have that mentality that you get back up and keep going, or you sit around, thinking about what people are thinking about you all the time.
* (en) « Madonna Forever », Jeremy O. Harris, Owen Meyers (trad. Wikiquote), V Magazine (ISSN 1539-185X), nº 133, 2 novembre 2021 (lire en ligne)

### Paroles de chansons

* (en) If we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate, Just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice!
* Holiday, Curtis Hudson, Lisa Stevens (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Madonna (27 juillet 1983 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) They can beg and they can plead but they can't see the light, that's right! 'Cause the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mister Right! 'Cause we are living in a material world and I am a material girl!
* Material Girl, Peter Brown, Robert Rans (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Like a Virgin (12 novembre 1984 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) It doesn't matter who you are, it's what you do that takes you far. And if at first you don't succeed, here's some advice that you should heed: You get up again, over and over!
* Over and Over, Madonna, Stephen Bray (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Like a Virgin (12 novembre 1984 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) Papa don't preach, I'm in trouble deep! Papa don't preach, I've been losing sleep! But I made up my mind, I'm keeping my baby!
* Papa Don't Preach, Brian Elliot (auteur-compositeur), Madonna (paroles additionnelles), Madonna (interprète), album True Blue (30 juin 1986 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) You deserve the best in life, So if the time isn't right then move on! Second best is never enough, You'll do much better baby on your own!
* Express Yourself, Madonna, Stephen Bray (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Like a Prayer (21 mars 1989 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) He takes a drink, she goes inside, He starts to scream, the vases fly He wishes that she wouldn't cry He's not in love with her anymore. […] She's had enough, she says the end, But she'll come back, she knows it then, A chance to start it all again, till death do us part.
* Till Death Do Us Part, Madonna, Patrick Leonard (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Like a Prayer (21 mars 1989 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) Maybe someday, when I look back I'll be able to say: You didn't mean to be cruel, somebody hurt you too!
* Oh Father, Madonna, Patrick Leonard (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Like a Prayer (21 mars 1989 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) Sooner or later you're gonna be mine, sooner or later you're gonna be fine. Baby, it's time that you face it, I always get my man. Sooner or later you're gonna decide, sooner or later there's nowhere to hide. Baby, it's time, so why waste it in chatter? Let's settle the matter.
* Sooner or Later, Stephen Sondheim (auteur-compositeur), Madonna (interprète), album I'm Breathless (22 mai 1990 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) All you need is your own imagination, so use it that's what it's for! Go inside, for your finest inspiration, your dreams will open the door! It makes no difference if you're black or white, if you're a boy or a girl. If the music's pumping it will give you new life! You're a superstar, yes, that's what you are, you know it!
* Vogue, Madonna, Shep Pettibone (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album I'm Breathless (22 mai 1990 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) Greta Garbo and Monroe, Dietrich and DiMaggio, Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean, on the cover of a magazine, Grace Kelly, Harlow, Jean, picture of a beauty queen, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers dance on air. They had style, they had grace, Rita Hayworth gave good face, Lauren, Katharine, Lana too. Bette Davis, we love you. Ladies with an attitude, fellas that were in the mood, Don't just stand there, let's get to it, Strike a pose, there's nothing to it. Vogue!
* Vogue, Madonna, Shep Pettibone (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album I'm Breathless (22 mai 1990 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
* Justify My Love, Lenny Kravitz, Ingrid Chavez (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (paroles additionnelles), Madonna (interprète), album The Immaculate Collection (13 novembre 1990 chez Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) Have you ever watched your best friend die? Have you ever watched a grown man cry? Some say that life isn't fair, I say that people just don't care. They'd rather turn the other way, And wait for this thing to go away.
* In this Life, Madonna, Shep Pettibone (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Erotica (20 octobre 1992 chez Maverick, Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) There are some who believe that I owe them something But they're wrong, I owe nothing to no one but myself And there are some who say they created me But only my parents will have that acclaim I took it from there, I am to blame
* Goodbye to Innocence, Madonna, Shep Pettibone, Tony Shimkin (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Just Say Yes Volume VII: Just Say Roe (19 juillet 1994 chez Sire).
* (en) You wouldn't let me say the words I longed to say, You didn't want to see life through my eyes, You tried to shove me back inside your narrow room, And silence me with bitterness and lies!
* Human Nature, Madonna, Dave Hall, Shawn McKenzie, Kevin McKenzie, Michael Deering (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Bedtime Stories (25 octobre 1994 chez Maverick, Sire, Warner Bros.).
* (en) I traded fame for love without a second thought, It all became a silly game, some things cannot be bought. I got exactly what I asked for, wanted it so badly. Running, rushing, back for more, I suffered fools so gladly. And now I find, I've changed my mind.
* Drowned World/Substitute for Love, Madonna, William Orbit, Rod McKuen, Anita Kerr, David Collins (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Ray of Light (22 février 1998 chez Maverick, Warner Bros.).
* (en) I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, But in the process I forgot that I was special too.
* X-Static Process, Madonna, Stuart Price (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album American Life (21 avril 2003 chez Maverick, Warner Bros.).
* (en) I haven't got much time to waste, it's time to make my way. I'm not afraid of what I'll face but I'm afraid to stay. I'm going down my road and I can make it alone. I'll work and I'll fight till I find a place of my own!
* Jump, Madonna, Joe Henry, Stuart Price (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Confessions on a Dance Floor (9 novembre 2005 chez Warner Bros.).
* (en) It's funny, I spent my whole life wanting to be talked about. I did it, just about everything, to see my name in lights.
* How High, Madonna, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Confessions on a Dance Floor (9 novembre 2005 chez Warner Bros.).
* (en) 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. Put me up on a pedestal or drag me down in the dirt! Sticks and stones will break my bones but your names will never hurt.
* Like It or Not, Madonna, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Confessions on a Dance Floor (9 novembre 2005 chez Warner Bros.).
* (en) It's like over and over you're pushing me right down to the floor, I should just walk away. Over and over, I keep on coming back for more, I play into your fantasy. Now that it's over, you can lie to me right through your smile, I've seen behind your eyes. Now it's over, No more intoxicating my mind. Even the devil wouldn't recognize you, I do.
* Devil Wouldn't Recognize You, Madonna, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Danja, Joe Henry (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Hard Candy (19 avril 2008 chez Warner Bros.).
* (en) You had all of me, you wanted more Would you have married me if I were poor?
* Love Spent, Madonna, William Orbit, Jean-Baptiste Kouame, Priscilla Hamilton, Alain Whyte, Ryan Buendia, Michael McHenry (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album MDNA (23 mars 2012 chez Interscope).
* (en) I miss the countryside where we used to lay, The smell of roses on a lovely summer day. You made me laugh, you had a clever wit, I miss the good times, I don't miss all of it. You wrote me poetry, you had a way with words. You said you wanted more than just a pretty girl. Maybe I challenged you a little bit too much? We couldn't have two drivers on the clutch.
* Best Friend, Madonna, Alle Benassi, Benny Benassi (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album MDNA (23 mars 2012 chez Interscope).
* (en) So I took the road less travelled by and I barely made it out alive! Through the darkness somehow I survived. Tough love - I knew it from the start, deep down in the depth of my rebel heart!
* Rebel Heart, Madonna, Avicii, Arash Pournouri, Salem Al Fakir, Magnus Lidehäll, Vincent Pontare (auteurs-compositeurs), Madonna (interprète), album Rebel Heart (6 mars 2015 chez Interscope).

### Dialogues de films

* (en) Miss Tatlock : Guns cause pain. Opium eases pain.
* Madonna, Shanghai Surprise (1986), écrit par John Kohn, Robert Bentley, d'après le roman de Tony Kenrick
* (en) Dick Tracy : Whose side are you on? Breathless Mahoney : The side I'm always on. Mine.
* Warren Beatty, Madonna, Dick Tracy (1990), écrit par Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., d'après le comic strip de Chester Gould
* (en) Dick Tracy : No grief for Lips? Breathless Mahoney : I'm wearing black underwear.
* Warren Beatty, Madonna, Dick Tracy (1990), écrit par Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., d'après le comic strip de Chester Gould
* (en) Dick Tracy : You know, it's legal for me to take you down to the station and sweat it out of you under the lights! Breathless Mahoney : I sweat a lot better in the dark.
* Warren Beatty, Madonna, Dick Tracy (1990), écrit par Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., d'après le comic strip de Chester Gould
* (en) Breathless Mahoney : I know how you feel. You don't know if you want to hit me or kiss me. I get a lot of that.
* Madonna, Dick Tracy (1990), écrit par Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., d'après le comic strip de Chester Gould
* (en) I know I'm not the best singer and I know I'm not the best dancer, but I'm not interested in that. I'm interested in pushing people's buttons, in being provocative and in being political.
* Propos tenus dans le documentaire In Bed with Madonna d'Alek Keshishian sorti en 1991.
* (en) Rebecca Carlson : Have you ever seen animals make love, Frank? It's intense, it's violent. But they never really hurt each other.
* Madonna, Body (1993), écrit par Brad Mirman
* (en) Don't look so hurt, Alan. I fucked you, I fucked Andrew, I fucked Frank. That's what I do, I fuck. And it made me 8 million dollars.
* Madonna, Body (1993), écrit par Brad Mirman
* (en) Why did God create men? Because vibrators can't mow the lawn.
* Madonna, Snake Eyes (1993), écrit par Nicholas St. John
* (en) He kicked the door open and he said: “take your clothes off and lie down!” And he tried to rape me but I guess my body was so rigid that he couldn't. And then he started calling me a disgusting lesbian, a stupid dyke, a pathetic piece of shit and that if he couldn't get it into my pussy then he was gonna make me suck it. And I remember… I don't know what I remember, I just remember this horrible choking feeling. And he suddenly got up and dragged me over the side of the roof by my hair, and he held a knife against my throat. He said: “I don't know if I should slip your throat or push you off the building!” I would have done anything, anything for him. All of a sudden he just broke down and started crying. He ran away and I put my clothes back on and I walked home.
* Il s'agit d'une scène d'improvisation pendant laquelle Madonna raconte son propre viol peu de temps après son arrivée à New York.
* Madonna, Snake Eyes (1993), écrit par Nicholas St. John
* Madonna: Like an Icon, Lucy O'Brien, éd. Transworld, 2018 (ISBN 9781446437384), p. 70

## À propos de Madonna

* (en) Cyndi Lauper will be around for a long time, […] Madonna will be out of the business in six months. Her image has completely overshadowed her music.
* (en) « Music: These Big Girls Don’t Cry », Jay Cocks (trad. Wikiquote), Time (ISSN 0040-781X), vol. 125 nº 9, 4 mars 1985 (lire en ligne)
* (en) Michael Jackson was the first video artist; Madonna was second, and she's the one who understood that video could be a forum for provocation and exhibitionism.
* I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, Rob Tannenbaum, Craig Marks, éd. Penguin, 2011 (ISBN 978-0525952305), p. 15
* (en) She's out there, wild and free. And I don't think any man will be able to tame her. In fact, I think the last thing she wants is to be tamed.
* Madonna, Biographie intime, J. Randy Taraborrelli (trad. Gilles Morris-Dumoulin), éd. Le Cherche midi, 2004 (ISBN 2-86274-952-4), p. 127
* (en) A woman who has pulled herself up by her bra straps and who has been known to let them down occasionally.
* (en) « Watch Bette Midler Introduce Madonna at Live Aid 30 Years Ago Today », Joe Lynch, Billboard (ISSN 0006-2510), 13 juillet 2015 (lire en ligne)
* Madonna, Andrew Morton (trad. Anne Bleuzen, Karine Laléchère), éd. L'Archipel, 2002 (ISBN 2-84187-358-7), p. 165
* (en) That woman has more sensuality in her ear than most women have anywhere on their bodies.
* Madonna interdite, Christopher Andersen (trad. Annick Sinet), éd. Robert Laffont, 1992 (ISBN 2-221-07301-0), p. 67
* (en) I have no intention, nor have I been contacted, to meet this Miss Madonna.
* La réaction de Marlene Dietrich quant à la rumeur que Madonna voulait faire un remake de son film L'Ange bleu sorti en 1930 et souhaitait la rencontrer pour discuter du rôle.
* Madonna interdite, Christopher Andersen (trad. Annick Sinet), éd. Robert Laffont, 1992 (ISBN 2-221-07301-0), p. 186
* (en) She could afford to be a little more magnanimous and a little less of a cunt.
* Madonna interdite, Christopher Andersen (trad. Annick Sinet), éd. Robert Laffont, 1992 (ISBN 2-221-07301-0), p. 284
* (en) Madonna is a good example of someone who doesn't want to stop growing. Whether you agree with her or not, whether you like her, you don't like her, whatever, she continually morphs herself and keeps trying something different. She doesn't let herself become pigeon-holed with one thing, she keeps going. […] Madonna is a phenomenon. She has sustained a career, she has diligently worked through I guess quite a few obstacles in her life and has managed to sustain a career over an incredibly long period of time. You have to give her props because she's still around and she still looks pretty good. So you know, hats off to Madonna!
* Jürgen Schindler, Queens of Pop: Madonna, Arte, 22 juillet 2011
* (en) She doesn't want to live off-camera, much less talk. There's nothing to say off-camera.
* Propos tenus dans le documentaire In Bed with Madonna d'Alek Keshishian sorti en 1991.
* (en) My sister is her own masterpiece.
* « The Misfit », Lynn Hirschberg (trad. Wikiquote), Vanity Fair (ISSN 0733-8899), avril 1991, p. 160 (lire en ligne)
* (fr) « The Game - Critique », Gilles Médioni, L'Express (ISSN 0014-5270), 30 octobre 1997 (lire en ligne)
* (fr) « « America sucks » : quand Madonna se lâchait dans Technikart », Benoît Sabatier, Technikart (ISSN 1162-8731), nº 73, 23 mai 2019 (lire en ligne)
* Luz, caricaturiste chez Charlie Hebdo, Le Grand Journal, Canal+, 2 mars 2015
* (fr) « Madonna par Virginie Despentes : le choc des rebelles », Virginie Despentes, ELLE (ISSN 0013-6298), nº 3654, 31 décembre 2015 (lire en ligne)
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