In my show I announce, 'People say Lady Gaga is a lie, and they are right. I am a lie. And every day I kill to make it true.'

Gay marriage is going to happen. It must.

I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another.

We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.

If you were to ask me what I want to do - I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens with my music and wherever I go - that heart of that glamorous girl in New York will never be gone.

My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me.