I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

Prejudice is a disease. And when they come for you, or refuse your worth, I will be ready for their stones. I belong to you.

So basically I did this whole show carrying 100lbs, looking out of one eye, dancing – and then my tits explode at the end. It's not as easy as it looks!

I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.

Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you - they make you perfect. It's not real life. I'm gonna say this about girls: The dieting wars have got to stop. Everyone just knock it off. Because at the end of the day, it's affecting kids your age. And it's making girls sick.

Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

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.