I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down. I didn't fit in, and I felt like a freak.

I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place.

I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga. They said I was very theatrical... So they said, you're Gaga.

When you're around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it's not strange, it's just Gaga.

I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another.

Pop music will never be low brow.

When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.