I'm obsessively opposed to the typical.

To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.

I don't know that my schooling was conducive to wild ideas and creativity, but it gave me discipline, drive. They taught me how to think. I really know how to think.

I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.

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

Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way.

I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.