Zitat des Tages von Lady Gaga:
Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you; they make you perfect. It's not real life.
I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
My mother always wanted to give back.
I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
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.
I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.
When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to.
You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.
I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans.
I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.
If I can be a leader, I will.
I was so ashamed of who I was.
Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history... this is what makes you strong. It's not looking out that's going to do that - it's looking in.
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.
Lady Gaga is my name. If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don't really know me at all.
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.
I love my friends and my past, and it's made me who I am.
It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.
I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.
I try to not focus on what people expect from me.
I don't care about money.
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.
I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.
I already am a product.
If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
The Internet is a toilet. It is.
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've worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer.
My next baby will be my new record.
My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage - they're just not stages you're allowed to see.
It's hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don't always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.
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.
Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.
I'm not a supermodel. That's not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what's happening on the outside.
I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.