Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.

I don't want to make niche-oriented music.

Lady Gaga is my name. If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don't really know me at all.

I like black because it is a vacant space.

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.

My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.

If you're laying in bed next to someone that really doesn't make you feel like the goddess that you are, you need to rediscover what it is that you truly want and need.