I can't even drive a car. I don't have a driver's license. I have a rented apartment in New York. That's it. When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own.

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

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.

The whole point of what I do - the monster ball, the music, the performance art aspect of it, I wanna create a space for my fans where they can feel free and they can celebrate because I didn't fit in in high school and I felt like a freak, so I like to create this atmosphere for my fans where they feel like they have a freak in me to hang out with and they don't feel alone.

Well my music was different in high school; I was singing about love—you know, things I don't care about anymore.

I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.

I think that artifice is the new reality. It's more about just being honest and sincere to the core of what you do. Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.