Madonna Ciccone Quotes

When I sing, I try to make the song my own and sing it my way because, in my mind, I am not following any school of thought. I just make myself free.

As far as I'm concerned, dance is a passion for me. I don't do homework and go to the sets. I believe in being impromptu. I just go on the sets and start doing whatever comes to my mind.

I get my dance moves from just moving around and listening to music and not really worrying about if it's perfect or not.

If I can't dance, I don't care if my dances are ever done again!

I love dancing; my kids love to dance. I think it's just another way for children to learn they can be themselves.

I never really think about what I have to do to stick to my image. I just follow what I like to do. Sometimes it's glamorous, sometimes it's not.

I think that's what I love about jazz is that you can do what you want, and you're allowed to mess up.

The best thing about Mick Jagger is how uncalculating he is. He does what he wants to do and it feels right. He's not a dancer - neither am I.

I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano.

I suppose I've got a natural rhythm. When I was little, I used to just dance a lot and have some fun. I'd never been taught to dance. I've never been to dance school. I do my own little dance moves.

For the auditioning process, I love to move my body around, maybe dance a little bit, get myself in a really loose place where I'm free to play.

When I was young, I took classical ballet lessons, but I wasn't very good at it. It was really frustrating because I wanted to be good at it. When I stopped having lessons, I began to dance and improvise, and I felt more comfortable.

All I really want to do is play, that's all that matters. I don't think I've ever tried to cultivate an image. Everything has been on instinct. The flannel shirt and jeans, for example... those are the clothes I wear. If I wore anything else on stage, I wouldn't feel comfortable.

When I get dressed, it's like freestyling.

All my dance moves are improv. I just make them up on the spot.

I create, dress, and act however I feel in a single moment.

My hairdresser loves me because he gets the liberty to get creative with my hair.

You shouldn't think about technique when you play. You have to be you. It cannot be about, 'I can play this, and I can show you that.'

When you're a VJ, you can say whatever you want, dress whatever way you want to. You play your own character.

The one good thing about dance is that if you are truly yourself, then it's all good.

As long as you're dancing, you can break the rules.

It's better to dance than to march through life.

My favorite thing is drums. I have a very, very big memory - and I don't have many big memories - of going to see the movie Tap, with Gregory Hines. During one scene, he's in jail, and there's some water dripping down, and he starts tap dancing. I just like that feeling of: "I'm in charge, I can do whatever I want."

Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

Fifth positions, heads, musicality, energy. Not technical things so much-getting your leg higher or doing more turns but things that would set you apart from other dancers. The only way you can be different is to be yourself if you don't find your spirit and reveal it, you just look like every other dancer.