I want kids. I want a soccer team, and I want a husband.

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.

They say that this country is free, and they say that this country is equal, but it is not equal if it's 'sometimes'...We need change now. We demand actions now.

My mom and I are very close.

Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way.

Akon is a very talented songwriter to work with. His melodies, they're just insane. It's funny, I think about him a lot when I'm doing my melodies because he's so simple, and he's just been great. He keeps me on my feet, very grounded, but he also puts me on a silver platter, which is always very nice. So it's been an incredible influence. It's like every time you work with somebody that's better that you are, you become greater.

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.