This is one image. This is one moment. This is one statement. ARTPOP

I don't want the 5 dollars in your pocket, I want your soul

I just want to keep writing music.

I do not have to be high to be great. I do not have to be drunk to have a good idea. I can sit with my thoughts and not feel crazy. I can do it... I can do it without the dope.

I'm able to laugh now, because I've gone through a lot of mental and physical therapy to heal over the years, my music's been wonderful for me. But I was a shell of my former self at one point. I was not myself. To be fair, I was about 19, so ... I went to Catholic school and all this crazy stuff happened, and I was going, 'Oh, is this just the way adults are?' I was very naive.

I've made it my goal to revolutionise pop music.

A girl's just as hot as the shoes she choose