• From Britney Spears: 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.
• From Britney Spears: I performed at Mom and Dad's party when I was four. Oh my gosh, I was singing a Madonna song and I peed myself.
• From Cher: No one knows how to work this business like she does.
• From Susan Sarandon: The history of women in popular music can, pretty much, be divided into before and after Madonna.
• From Rosie O'Donnell: She is no symbol. She is human. More brilliant than most. The real deal.
• From Miley Cyrus: Madonna always reinvents herself, and that's what I want to do. Whatever comes my way that sounds good, that's what I want to do. Whether it's designing clothes or photography or whatever.
• From Gwyneth Paltrow: 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.
• From Tori Amos: Madonna’s sound was made for the dance floor when she epitomized the New York club kid; it got a bit closer to rock when she started presenting herself that way, connected with R&B when her image became softer again, went New Age techno when she got into spirituality, and so on. Fashion has become a part of the musical exploration and experience.
• From Sean Penn: 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.
• From Sarah Jessica Parker: Madonna's probably the most disciplined person around and so I can only pale in comparison. It's just too impressive.
• From Michael Moore: If we had a royal system she'd be the queen of Michigan and all the Michiganders would bow down to her, and I'm not kidding. She's a person with a good heart; she does a lot of good for other people. I really admire her.
• From Beyonce: It all works for Madonna. I mean, I couldn’t do a lot of the things she does, but it works for her.
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