I just want to be clear before we decide to do this together: I'm gay. My music is gay. My show is gay. And I love that it's gay. And I love my gay fans, and they're all going to be coming to our show. And it's going to remain gay.

I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.

Memories are not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics; they can be lost forever.

When I die, they'll say Lady Gaga was special but her fans, her Monsters, they were really something

Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

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.

Being different is a talent. You illuminate what makes you special in the sea of sameness around you.