When I say to you, there is nobody like me, and there never was, that is a statement I want every woman to feel and make about themselves.

I don't view myself as outrageous - that's not the intention. Its to be more and more original.

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

just remember: i love you, and love yourselves. 'cause, little monsters, you were born that way baby.

I never care personally what people say about me. The music, and the message - this will always be more important to me than people thinking I'm the best.

It's been a very remarkable year, and I feel very blessed. I lived an isolated lifestyle before the media. I lived a life of solitude and loyalty and commitment to my work. I just don't prioritize my life in the same way that other people do. The only thing that matters is my music and my performance.

I feel that homophobia runs rampant in the music industry, and that artists are allowed to speak openly in a hateful way, in a homophobic way, in a misogynistic way, and the press does not challenge them. And I'm going to be taking a very strong stance against that, and I am an artist who refuses to accept that behavior.