I don't feel like I look like the other perfect little pop singers. I think I'm changing what people think is sexy.

I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification.

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

My father [Joe Germanotta] opened a restaurant. It's so amazing... it's so freaking delicious, but I'm telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there.

Why spend your whole life trying to be somebody that you're not? It's so much more fun to be yourself **** what everybody says.

I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

I already am a product.