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

'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I'm on the right track baby I was born to survive.

All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear. For a minute I had fear. [Then] I went into the [dressing] room and shot my fear in the face.

Glam culture is ultimately rooted in obsession, and those of us who are truly devoted and loyal to the lifestyle of glamour are masters of its history. Or, to put it more elegantly, we are librarians.

I think it's absolutely a blessing when you just know what your purpose is and your destiny. I don't think it's a curse at all.