I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.

The way that I sing, what I sing about, what I wear, who I am, this is me. I was born this way.

There's this idea that it's all natural, but everything's been staged to look natural. It is also an invention. It's just that my inventions are different. I often get asked about my artifice, but isn't fashion based on the idea that we can create a fantasy?

Pop music will never be low brow.

I will always have a very deep love for Amy Winehouse.

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.

I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time.