Knowing that I inspired SAM SMITH is one of the most powerful experiences I've had as an artist. I was Sam. I still am Sam.

I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.

Everyone can access the parts of themselves that are great. I'm just a girl from New York City who decided to do this, after all. Rule the world! What's life worth living if you don't rule it?

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

Why spend your whole life trying to be somebody that you're not? It's so much more fun to be yourself **** what everybody says.

You ought to pity me 'cause there's always one man to love/ But in the bedroom the size of him's more than enough.

It was my delusion and naivety that brought me here.