I don't want to be remembered as anything but brave. The only good intention to make money is to help others. I want to be Oprah. I want to be Melinda Gates. If I ever sell products other than my talents, then it will be to give more to others.

I very much want to inject gay culture into the mainstream. It's not an underground tool for me. It's my whole life.

The whole point of what I do - the monster ball, the music, the performance art aspect of it, I wanna create a space for my fans where they can feel free and they can celebrate because I didn't fit in in high school and I felt like a freak, so I like to create this atmosphere for my fans where they feel like they have a freak in me to hang out with and they don't feel alone.

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

I’m not a vomit in the club kinda girl.

This means more to me than any Grammy I could ever win ... It will take a village and an army, [some] countries and continents to make bullying a hate crime.

The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.