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.

— Lady Gaga

All that ever holds somebody 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...

— Lady Gaga

All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they'll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad's restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

— Lady Gaga

A middle finger is more New York than a corporate ambush. I bleed for my hometown, and I'd die for my fans.

— Lady Gaga

Amy [Wine house] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.

— Lady Gaga

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

— Lady Gaga

As artists, we are eternally heartbroken.

— Lady Gaga

As soon as I go out into the world, I belong, in a way, to everyone else. It's legal to follow me. It's legal to stalk me at the beach. And I can't call the police or ask them to leave.

— Lady Gaga

Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away.

— Lady Gaga

Clinical psychology tells us arguably that trauma is the ultimate killer. Memories r not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics. They can be lost forever. It’s sort of like my past is an unfinished painting and as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again.

— Lady Gaga