I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.

My fashion is about the urban woman in the year 3000. I think about obscure, weird things and try to create a world around them.

Dirty pony, I can't wait to hose you down.

I don't want to face the reality of what people want from a female pop star. Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what's underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don't think it ever will be.

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

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 was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga. They said I was very theatrical... So they said, you're Gaga.