That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.

Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.

When you're around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it's not strange, it's just Gaga.

My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage - they're just not stages you're allowed to see.

It's sort of like my past is an unfinished painting, and as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again.

Once you kill a cow, you gotta make a burger

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