Madonna — "I'm a visionary. I'm an innovator. I'm a pioneer."

"I said, 'Wait a minute, isn't Price running around with fishnets and high heels and lipstick and his butt hanging out?' Yes. He was. But he was a man. This was the first time I truly understood that w…"

"Dress like Britney Spears and think like me, and everything will be fine."

"I love being a notable figure in the history of entertainment in some sexual, tragic and comical way. I like to leave the same impression that made Marylin Monroe arouse different feelings in people."

"I'm a queen. I'm powerful. I'm majestic."

"I laugh at myself. I don't take myself completely seriously. I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to... you have to laugh, especially at yourself."