“I would really, really, really like to be a legend like Madonna. Madonna knows what to do next, and when she’s performing, the audience is just in awe of her.” - Britney Spears
“No one knows how to work this business like she does.” - Cher
“The history of women in popular music can, pretty much, be divided into before and after Madonna.” - Susan Sarandon
“She is no symbol. She is human. More brilliant than most. The real deal.” - Rosie O’Donnell
“She’s like an older sister. Everything I have gone through, she went through ten times worse and ten times longer. She gives me good advice about how to say no and take care of myself.” -Gwyneth Paltrow
“She was in the process of becoming the biggest star in the world. I just wanted to make my films and hide. I was an angry young man. I had a lot of demons and don’t really know who could’ve lived with me at the time. I was just as badly behaved as her, so I can’t point the finger of blame.” - Sean Penn
