I very much want to inject gay culture into the mainstream. It's not an underground tool for me. It's my whole life.

When you're around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it's not strange, it's just Gaga.

I used to get bullied by the popular girls at school. Today, I am the popular girl, and the bullies come to my shows.

My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.

Applause was designed to bemuse and confuse you until it explodes into a chorus that reminds us why we love pop music.

I'm a single girl. I like to have a good time. I just sleep with the guys in the band all the time because it's easier.

I'm terrified of babies I think, creatively as a woman, you change once you give birth. I'm totally not ready for that.

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?'

I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.

Watch very closely as the magical angel and I are swallowed by the rainbow twister, and left stranded on the glitter way.

I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer, and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

Put your hands up and cheer for yourselves! You are strong, you are brave, you are confident, and I f*ing love you, Israel.

The blurring of fantasy and reality is something that the Japanese herald in their life, in their day-to-day commercialism.

Knowing that I inspired SAM SMITH is one of the most powerful experiences I've had as an artist. I was Sam. I still am Sam.

Prejudice is a disease. And when they come for you, or refuse your worth, I will be ready for their stones. I belong to you.

I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person.

In my show I announce, 'People say Lady Gaga is a lie, and they are right. I am a lie. And every day I kill to make it true.'

I think it's absolutely a blessing when you just know what your purpose is and your destiny. I don't think it's a curse at all.

Why spend your whole life trying to be somebody that you're not? It's so much more fun to be yourself **** what everybody says.

The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.

I feel like if you're a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what.

My fashion is about the urban woman in the year 3000. I think about obscure, weird things and try to create a world around them.

I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.

People ask me why I wear veils. I reply, I am mourning. Mourning what? Well I figure something shitty must be going on somewhere.

We're not trying to make you less of a man. We just want you to love us as deeply and as wholesomely and as fully as we love you.

I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I'm a producer. I'm a writer.

I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically.

I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga, they said I was very theatrical and they said, 'You're Gaga'.

Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way.

I remember watching the mascara tears flood the ivories and I thought, "It's OK to be sad." I've been trained to love my darkness.

I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga. They said I was very theatrical... So they said, you're Gaga.

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

I am a woman of theatre, I'm a librarian of theatre and I love all different kinds of music and all different kinds of expressions.

The statement is that I’m not one icon. I’m every icon. I’m an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time.

No matter how many people are screaming your name or how many Number One hits you have, you can still wake up and feel like a loser.

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.

I miss people. I miss going anywhere and meeting a random person and saying 'Hi' and having a conversation about life. I love people.

If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.

I am the excuse to explore your identity. To be exactly who you are and to feel unafraid. To not judge yourself, to not hate yourself.

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid.

And don't worry, if I get thrown in jail in Manila, Beyonce will just bail me out. Sold out night 2 in the Philippines. I love it here!

I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions.

I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.

Making ziti for the Chicago Fire Department! I hope they're not too busy today, but this should fill their bellies I hope they like it!

Be brave and celebrate with us your 'perceived flaws,' as society tells us. May we make our flaws famous, and thus redefine the heinous.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

I'd wear any of my private attire for the world to see. But I would rather have an open flesh wound than ever wear a band aid in public.

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