Stories, Articles and Quotes by Madonna

"A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That is why they do not get what they want."

"Happiness lies in your own hands."

"Never forget to dream."

"Don't go for second best, put your love to the test."

"I have a personal link with God, and I will tell him everything in my own bedroom."

"A lot of people are just really confused by me; they don't know what to think of me, so they try to compartmentalize me or diminish me. Maybe they just feel unsafe. But any time you have an overtly emotional or irrational, negative reaction to sometime, you're fearing something it's bringing up in you."

"Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of others."

"Power without guilt, love without doubt."

"I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive."

"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."