* "A year from now, I could go away and people might say: "Gosh, whatever happened to that girl who never wore pants?" But how wonderfully memorable 30 years from now, when they say: "Do you remember Gaga and her bubbles?" Because, for a moment, everybody in that room will forget every sad, painful thing in there lives, and they'll just live in my bubble world."



* "All that ever holds someone back, I think is fear. For a minute I had fear. Then I went into the dressing room and shot my fear in the face."



* "And now, I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time."



* "At the end of the day, you won't be happy until you love yourself."



* "Be inspired to ignore their ignorant message, and feel gratitude in your heart that you are not burdened or addicted to hate, as they are."



* "Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence."



* "Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded, just tell them to put on some sunglasses and deal with it because you were born this way!"



* "Do you know the feeling, when your heart is so hurt, that you could feel the blood dripping?"



* "Don't forget to follow your dreams and always be yourself, and you know what you can tell them when they tell you that you're not right? You tell them Lady Gaga says to fuck off!"



* "Don't idolize me, idolize yourself."



* "Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are... do you hear me? Do you believe that a year ago, somebody said to me, you'll never win a Grammy, you'll never have a hit song, you will never reach the world the way that you want to. Don't you ever give up on yourselves, I believe in you so so much!"



* "Even if the whole world turns their back on you, you will always have yourself."



* "Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world."



* "Fame is when everyone knows who you are and they want your autograph, but THE Fame is when no one knows who you are, but everybody wants to know."



* "Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think."



* "Have you ever loved something so much you told a tiny little lie. A negative truth. And you believed and you loved your new inventions so deeply, you would kill to make it true. Your visualisation, your futurisation, your self-masturbation. It's all you have so honour it. Some say Lady Gaga is a lie. And they are right, I am a lie and everyday I kill to make it true."



* "I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way."



* "I am focused on the work. I am constantly creating. I am a busy girl. I live and breathe my work. I love what I do. I believe in the message. There's no stopping."



* "I believe in a glamorous life, and I live a glamorous life."



* "I believe in living a glamorous life and I believe in a glamorous lifestyle... What that means is not money or fame or prestige. It’s a sense of vanity and glamour and subculture that is rooted in a sense of self."



* "I don't care what people think about me, I care what they think about themselves."



* "I don’t consider my own clothing to be outrageous... The truth is that people just don’t have the same references that I do. To me it’s very beautiful and its art, and to them it’s outrageous and crazy."



* "I don't know if this is too much for your magazine, but I can actually mentally give myself an orgasm."



* "I don't regret anything. If i'd known things back then I wouldn't be where I am now, because so much of who I am based on a lack of fear. I have no fear."



* "I don't wanna be your fuc*ing Queen, I wanna be your friend."



* "I don't want you to come here tonight and go home and tell everybody "Oh, I love Lady Gaga so much", I want you to go home and look in the mirror and I want you to say "I love myself."



* "I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him: "Someday, when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me."



* "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 hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big."



* "I just want you to know how powerful you are, that you can make anything happen, you can change the whole world if you want to."



* "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 think that fashion and music go hand-in-hand, and they always should. It's the artist's job to create imagery that matches the music - something powerful that will really grab the audience and create a memorable impression. I think they're very intertwined..."



* "I used to walk down the street like I was a fucking star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be, and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth."



* "I want the deepest, darkest, sickest parts of you, that you’re afraid to share with anyone, because I love you that much."



* "I want them to free themselves, and I want them to be proud of who they are, and I want them to celebrate all the things they don't like about themselves, the way that I did and to be truly happy from the inside."



* "I want women, and men, to feel empowered by a deeper and more psychotic part of themselves. The part they're always trying desperately to hide. I want that to become something that they cherish."



* "I want you to remember how you feel right now, because it's the last time you'll ever feel like this, after tonight, you're going to be a motherfucking monster!"



* "I was a middle-class girl who wanted to rebel and discover all these different sides to life. It was my dad who pulled me back. I wanted to show my parents I was completely wild. My dad thought I’d lost it. He came to see me and told me if I didn’t pull back I would lose everything. That completely shook me, because even though I wanted to rebel, my parents are the people I respect most in this world. I didn’t want to lose my father’s respect, so I stopped. As a performer I’m outrageous and wild, but as a person I have a very strong moral code. To this day I feel guilt about what I put my parents through when I was younger. I’ll call my mother out of the blue and say: "Mom, I’m so sorry about what I did." They’re very proud of me today, but I wouldn’t have their pride if I hadn’t listened to them and told them I was sorry. It’s as important to acknowledge your mistakes as it is to get credit for your victories."



* "I will kill to get what I need."



* "I'd never give it all up, not for nothing... I know that alcohol will kill you. But I'd rather not die alone. I'd rather die drinking with all my friends."



* "I’d rather people love me or hate me than have no opinion of me. Indifference is scary."



* "I'm already crazy. I'm a fearless person. I think it creeps up on you. I don't think it can be stopped. If my destiny is to lose my mind because of fame, then that's my destiny. But my passion still means more than anything."



* "I'm inspired by fashion. I'm inspired by the moonlight. I'm inspired by sex and pornography and slasher films."



* "I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true."



* "I'm the excuse to explore your identity. To be exactly who you are and to feel unafraid. To not jugde, to not hate."



* "I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms."



* "If a boob falls out you’re just going to have to enjoy the boob and go with it."



* "If you have revolutionary potential, than you have a moral imperative to make the world a better place."



* "If you're going to be number one, you better fucking be number one!"



* "Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create and die protecting it."



* "In downtown New York - and really in New York everywhere - really in the world - you have the ability to self-proclaim your own fame. You have the ability to experience and feel a certain amount of self-worth, that comes from a very vain place by simply liking your choices, your opinions about music, your opinions about politics, the way that you walk down the street, the way that you carry yourself at parties… I mean, you can… literally… CHOOSE… to have fame. I’m not posturing that it’s good or that it’s bad. I’m struggling with the idea. If anyone said: "Who is Lady Gaga?" I would be okay with: "… She is the most impressive con artist of fame." I mean, I literally trick people everyday into believing that I’m somebody… and I’m not."



* "Isn't it interesting how one singing voice is (while subjective), either good or bad. But a CROWD of people singing, ALWAYS sounds beautiful." (via twitter)



* "It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll."



* "It's always wrong to hate, but it's never wrong to love."



* "It’s in my ability to know what I make is great. I know it is, I know it’s great, and it’s that sureness. That sureness is infectious."



* "It's not the things that you say to people that will ruin your life... It's the things that you don't say.



* "It's what is on the inside that matters."



* "Love yourself. Be who you are. Never let anyone tell you what you should or shouldn't be, because you were born this way. You were born this way. You were born perfect in the way God made you... Because God makes no mistakes."



* "My biggest fear is that you'll find out that i'm only human"



* My mother and I created the BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATION for one reason: "to inspire bravery." <...> Be brave and celebrate with us your "perceived flaws," as society tells us. May we make our flaws famous, and thus redefine the heinous.



* "My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy." (via twitter)



* "No one person is more important than another person."



* "Now move like tonight might be the last night, in forever. Dance like it's your last time to dance Monsters. Cause you never know when it's going to be over."



* "Once you kill a cow, you gotta make a burger."



* "Only value the opinion of those that you respect. And anyone you don't respect, pay no mind to their opinion about you or anyone else."



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



* "So, in case you were wondering... I've worked very fucking hard."



* "Some of you may not know where to fit in the world, but know that you always have a place with me."



* "'Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you any more."



* "Sometimes, I feel like I can't work hard enough, and I'm in the studio for hours, days at a time, and I just... I just wanna be great for you, 'couse I never wanna let you down, because you never let me down. And I swear, you know, people say "Oh, it must suck to be you sometimes because you can't go anywhere" and I say "No. No, no, no." The worst part about being me is that sometimes I just feel like I can't give you everything I wanna give you. I just wish i could fix everything that's wrong with you, or makes you feel like something's wrong with you. Whatever makes you feel broken, Ijust wish I could fix it. Because i was so broken... and you fixed me."



* "Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner, you want to be like yourself. I want my fans to know it's okay."



* "Sometimes your parents don't always help because they just want you to be safe and be home."



* "Spend a lot of time reading books, go to the museums, watch old movies and search the Internet. Make a folder of that things that you really love. I think this is the best way to start to figuring out. You will see that images will start make sense"



* "The whole point of what i do - the monster ball, the music, the performance art aspect of it, i wanna create a space for my fans where they can feel free and they can celebrate because i didn't fit in in high school and i felt like a freak, so i like to create this atmosphere for my fans where they feel like they have a freak in me to hang out with and they don't feel alone."



* "There is no oil so thick as to destroy the imagination."



* "There is nothing Holy about hatred." (via twitter)



* "There's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool."



* "They can't scare me if I scare them first."



* "They laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at them because they're all the same."



* "This is the Manifesto of Little Monster
There is something heroic about the way my fans operate their cameras. So precisely, so intricately and so proudly. Like Kings writing the history of their people, is their prolific nature that both creates and procures what will later be percieved as the kingdom. So the real truth about Lady Gaga fans, my little monsters, lies in this sentiment: They are the Kings. They are the Queens. They write the hisory of the kingdom and I am something of a devoted Jester. It is in the theory of perception that we have established our bond, or the lie I should say, for which we kill. We are nothing without our image. Without our projection. Without the spiritual hologram of who we percieve ourselves to be or rather to become, in the future.
When you are lonely,
I will be lonely too.
And this is the fame."



* "Tonight, I want you to free yourselves. I want you to reject anyone or anything that has made you feel like you don't belong, or you're not good enough. Or like you couldn't dance well enough, or sing well enough, or write well enough. Like you weren't thin enough, pretty enough, or that you'd never walk a runway or win a grammy or sell out an arena! You tell them you're a goddamn superstar and you were born this way!"



* "Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it's broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother fucker's reflection."



* "We need fantasy to survive, because reality is too difficult."



* "Well my music was different in high school. I was singing about love... you know, things I don't care about anymore."



* "Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it."



* "When you do something great, and somebody says - "I like that", you should look at them and say - "thank you, I worked very hard on this and it's really great", because it's the only way to get that sharable sense of value in your life, and that fame, that has nothing to do with cameras and being a celebrity. I couldn't give a damn about celebrities, but truthfully, if you don't honor your own work, you're nothing. So honor your own work and anything that you do."



* "When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time."



* "When you're in love you'll be willing to walk and do the craziest and most inconvenient things that you could possibly imagine."



* "You can be whoever the fuck you want to be. And if you want to wake up tomorrow and be a photographer - buy a camera. And if you want to wake up tomorrow and be a star - buy a camera."



* "You can be whoever you choose to become in the future, just do it. Just see it and visualize it and every day of your life project that about yourself."



* "You define beauty for yourself, society doesn't define your beauty."



* "You do have more than one heart, in here I'm your spirit, you've got yours and you've got mine."



* "You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way."



* "You have to mourn things & make way for the future."



* "You will never find what you are looking for in love, if you don't love yourself."



* "You've no idea how fucking heartbreaking it is to meet someone you've worshiped your entire life and have them be nothing like you imagined them to be. That can never happen to a little monster. That can never happen."