Madonna
Known simply by her first name Madonna, is an American pop singer-songwriter, record and film producer, film director, dancer, actress, author and a fashion icon.
Shakira: "I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself."
"Hey you! Don't be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!" (Poem written for AIDS P.S.A.)
"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." (Spoken at the beginning of the Virgin Tour concert video).
Jonathan Ross: "Madonna, the original MILF."
Esther Rantzen: "I get surprised by the venom that I hear expressed about Kabbalah. I think part of it is Madonna-envy."
Daddy G.: "Working with Madonna is something to tell to your grandsons."
"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. Also I hate it when people smoke in elevators and closed in places. It's just so rude."
Kurt Cobain: "In a way I respect Madonna for the things she introduced because she introduced some subversive things and it has nothing to do with sex as far as I'm concern, I'm talking about the introduction to the vogue dance which originated in the gay clubs in 80', and she was always supportive of stuff like that which I think is really cool."
Kim Gordon: "She's strong, beautiful and a manipulator. Qualities which makes her to write great songs."
"Most priests are gay." (Said in I'm Going to Tell You a Secret)
Sinéad O'Connor: "I love her, I adore her and I respect her. I pity her for all the analysis she has to put up with."
Marcia Cross: "We used to swim at the same pool. She’d get out and put all this jewelry on - and I’d go home with my wet hair."
"I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams."
Randy Jackson: "Madonna knows the business and her art better than anyone."
Jesus Luz: "Madonna is beautiful; a person full of positive energy, with no visible faults. I found her marvellous. She is a person I admire a lot."
"Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion."
Craig David: "Madonna is still sexy and cool. She’s had such an amazing career and has always been able to re-invent herself time and time again, and it’d be fascinating to chat to her about that over a couple of drinks."
Beyoncé: "I love Madonna. I do! Definitely. It all works for Madonna. I mean, I couldn’t do a lot of the things she does, but it works for her. I watched the "Human Nature" music video for the "Check On It" video even though it didn’t come out anything like it. I wanted to do something like that but we didn’t have time to do it because it was just a 12-hour shoot."
Herb Ritts: "I've always said that if you didn't know Madonna necessarily, you'd still be curious about the woman in the photograph."
"That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure." Talking about Kabbalah