There's no way to convince people of your greatness. Whatever it is that you want to be, you have to know it inside and knife-fight your way to your dream.

I want women -- and men -- to feel empowered by a deeper and more psychotic part of themselves. The part they're always trying desperately to hide. I want that to become something that they cherish.

People love the chaos in my brain, but I'm terrified of it.

My fashion is part of who I am, and though I was not born with these clothes on, I was born this way.

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.

Pop stars should not eat.

I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.