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!

This is one image. This is one moment. This is one statement. ARTPOP

My fashion is my most prized possession for two reasons: 1) because it is a visualization of all the hard work I've put in to get where I am today; 2) because it is a legend to the encyclopedia of my life. It is exactly what I've aimed to seep into the artistic consciousness of people all over the world - that life is an art form.

I don't feel like I look like the other perfect little pop singers. I think I'm changing what people think is sexy.

I feel that if I can show my demise artistically to the public, I can somehow cure my own legend.

just remember: i love you, and love yourselves. 'cause, little monsters, you were born that way baby.

Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away.