Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.

There's something about lonely nights and my lipstick on your face

Only value the opinion of those that you respect. And anyone that you don’t respect, pay no mind to their opinion about you or anything else.

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.

We wanted to make something that sounded perfect because of the quality of the emotion...the honesty.

Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.

I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.