I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.

I am a feminist. I reject wholeheartedly the way we are taught to perceive women. The beauty of women, how a woman should act or behave. Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft-spoken and loud, all at once. There is something mind-controlling about the way we're taught to view women.

'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

Sweat it out then back home to my man to make dinner. #hausWife

I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while.

I was changing my outfits, my looks, my wig, sometimes several times a day. That's when I know my soul is restless.

I would rather die than have my fans see me without a pair of heels on. And that's show business.