Lady Gaga
I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name. Freddie was unique - one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music. He was not only a singer but also a fantastic performer, a man of the theatre and someone who constantly transformed himself. In short: a genius.Collection: Queens
I am not perfect. I just think that imperfections are beautiful.Collection: Beautiful
Its oke to be sad. I've been trained to love my darknessCollection: Darkness
Art is life, life is art - the question is what came first?Collection: Art
My fans are who I am. You give meaning to my life. You will never know the connection I feel to you.Collection: Who I Am
Depression doesn't take away your talents - it just makes them harder to find.Collection: Talent
A girl’s got to use what she’s given and I’m not going to make a guy drool the way a Britney video does. So I take it to extremes. I don’t say I dress sexily on stage - what I do is so extreme. It’s meant to make guys think: ‘I don’t know if this is sexy or just weird.Collection: Girl
Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams.Collection: Dream
I don't want to face the reality of what people want from a female pop star. Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what's underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don't think it ever will be.Collection: Reality
Sometimes I get this gut feeling about people - maybe I sense a hidden agenda or that they care for the money more than the message. I wish that I'd listen to that feeling instead of waiting for the truth to rear its ugly head. I'm a smart girl. I'm loyal. But sometimes I'm too loyal. I'm not loyal enough to myself.Collection: Girl
I'm always trying to create something that the fans won't expect.Collection: Always Trying
I am completely 100 percent honest in what I do and who I am, and I've got nothing to hide.Collection: Who I Am
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.Collection: Names
I realized that it's my own fault that people take advantage of me. I should be around people who cherish my talents, my health, my time. I'm not a pawn for anyone's future business. I'm an artist. I deserve better than to be loyal to people who only believe in me because I make money.Collection: Believe
I often think people don't know what to think of me, and in fact this is precisely the objective of many of my creations. Even back in the days with Lady Starlight, my original partner, we aimed to bemuse. This feeling of bemusement - it's neither good nor bad. It just is. Whether critics realize it or not, they've been in a very long argument since my public birth.Collection: Thinking
I don't view interviewing as much of a performance. My whole life is in essence a performance but singing and dancing for television is an entirely different thing.Collection: Essence
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.Collection: Expression
My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.Collection: New Year
Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it.Collection: Humorous
At the end of the day, you won't be happy until you love yourself.Collection: Love Yourself
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 anymore.Collection: Love
Some of us wear the mask prouder than others.Collection: Mask
People that are obsessed with hating you, feel flattered. Their whole lives revolve around you.Collection: Life
Bare your struggles very close to your heart and have them be a part of you that you’re proud of instead of something that you’re ashamed of.Collection: Struggle
Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.Collection: Blood
Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me!Collection: Inspiring
Music changed my life. I don't know who I would be without it. Don't ignore even the smallest glimmer of passion in your soul, run towards it with everything you have. It could change your life.Collection: Running
And now, I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.Collection: Fashion
The reason I don't want anyone to control me is not because I want to be in control. I don't want anyone to control me because I don't want anyone to control anyone.Collection: Want
I am a feminist. I reject wholeheartedly the way we are taught to perceive women. The beauty of women, how a woman should act or behave. Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft-spoken and loud, all at once. There is something mind-controlling about the way we're taught to view women.Collection: Beautiful
To everyone who says this is wrong to feel like this say, 'I was born this way baby.Collection: Baby
If you're a strong female, you don't need permission.Collection: Strong
Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.Collection: Recovery
I do not accept any less than someone just as real, as fabulous!Collection: Real
People ask me why I wear veils. I reply, I am mourning. Mourning what? Well I figure something shitty must be going on somewhere.Collection: People
There's no way to convince people of your greatness. Whatever it is that you want to be, you have to know it inside and knife-fight your way to your dream.Collection: Dream
If anyone tells you that you can't achieve your dreams, or puts you down, make your hand into a claw and tell them you're a little monster and you can do whatever the f*** you want.Collection: Dream
Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body.Collection: Love
My father [Joe Germanotta] opened a restaurant. It's so amazing... it's so freaking delicious, but I'm telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there.Collection: Father
I was changing my outfits, my looks, my wig, sometimes several times a day. That's when I know my soul is restless.Collection: Soul
Some women chasing men, and some - for dreams. If you are at a fork, remember, your career will not wake up one morning to say that more does not love you.Collection: Dream
I'm single right now and I've chosen to be single because I don't have the time to get to know anybody. So it's okay not to have sex, it's okay to get to know people. I'm celibate, celibacy's fine.Collection: Sex
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.Collection: Music
If you're laying in bed next to someone that really doesn't make you feel like the goddess that you are, you need to rediscover what it is that you truly want and need.Collection: Bed
I have to be really honest: People who say they can't escape the paparazzi are full of sh*t. Let me just be the artist to throw everybody under the bus. I don't spend lots of money on houses or lots of cars, but I do spend money on security and they never find me.Collection: Artist
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.Collection: Delusional
Don't judge anyone but don't trust anyone.Collection: Judging
I want you to forget all your insecurities. I want you to reject anyone of anything that's ever made you feel like you don't belong or don't fit in or made you fell like you're not good enough or pretty enough or thin enough or can't sing well enough or dance well enough or write a song well enough or like you'll never win a Grammy or you'll never sell out Madison Square Garden, you just remember that you're a goddamn superstar and you were born this way!Collection: Letting Go