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.

The real cake isn't HAVING what you want, it's DOING what you want

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!

If you are not being bullied all I would say - cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well - is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there's someone in your class that maybe doesn't have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.

I'm beautiful in my way 'cause God makes no mistakes. I'm on the right track baby, I was born this way.

I don't dress any particular way to impress anyone or market myself for my music. It's actually who I am.

I never care personally what people say about me. The music, and the message - this will always be more important to me than people thinking I'm the best.