Madonna is a fusion of multiple talents - Whether she's a master of one or not - the way they come together is what has made her incomparable to any other female act since she emerged.
As a musician/songwriter, her greatest talent is her strong sense of melody. To write a clever catchy pop song is a difficult task in itself, but to do it repeatedly for almost 30 years is remarkable. As a dancer/performer, she understands theatre and uses movement to tell a story rather than just execute choreography at high speed. As a pop icon, you can't ignore the way she affected culture, language, fashion, art and life… whether you like it or not her abillity to retain both her "artistic" and "business" autonomy on her work (whatever that may be) is one of Madonna's most well known and respected qualities.
NOBODY has pushed their talent more to its full potential than Madonna in pop music. Which to me is infinitely more impressive.
"At the Grammys, it was a little implicit that there was a guy behind it all, and she's the chick, and it's really far from that. The one with all the equipment is assumed to be pressing all the buttons. She presses all the buttons. You know, she hasn't shouted about her musical abilities, but she is the consummate songwriter. She listens to classic musicals a lot. Not just the obvious ones, like Singin' in the Rain, but the lesser ones. She loves them. I remember one time we all had dinner in Germany, and somebody brought up old musicals, and she was the one who knew all the verses." He laughs. "Things your mums and dads watch - she's into it all. Really solid, melodic stuff like that. And she writes really solid, melodic stuff like that."William Orbit.
"People are so frightened of my ideas that they try to undermine my actual ‘talent’ or any artistic value that may be in any of my work and they just say “Oh she’s just doing that to shock people”. Madonna.
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