Lady Gaga Quotes

I'm always trying to create something that the fans won't expect.

When I say to you, there is nobody like me, and there never was, that is a statement I want every woman to feel and make about themselves.

They're not prosthetics. They're my bones. They come out when I’m inspired. They've always been inside of me, but I have been waiting for the right time to reveal to the universe who I truly am.

If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.

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.

There is nothing Holy about hatred.

I remember the first show I had there were about 3 people, at least there was somebody. The next one was about 30. Then a couple years later there were 300 people and before I knew it there were 3,000... Then one day, I opened my eyes and there were 300,000 singing all my lyrics.

Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft spoken and loud, all at once.

There's something about lonely nights and my lipstick on your face

Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner, you want to be like yourself. I want my fans to know it's okay.

I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.

I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.

I don't like L.A. It's just not fun. I don't know why, but I just don't get it. You have to drive to get everywhere, and when it rains everybody freaks out.

No matter how many people are screaming your name or how many Number One hits you have, you can still wake up and feel like a loser.

This means more to me than any Grammy I could ever win ... It will take a village and an army, [some] countries and continents to make bullying a hate crime.

I feel that if I can show my demise artistically to the public, I can somehow cure my own legend.

I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

If I could for a moment just inspire you to love yourself, that would be worth EVERYTHING

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.

I thought equality was non-negotiable.

In my work and what I do, I am Queen of the Universe every day!

I was so ashamed of who I was.

It has been hard for me to find it, but I have found love.

I just want to be clear before we decide to do this together: I'm gay. My music is gay. My show is gay. And I love that it's gay. And I love my gay fans, and they're all going to be coming to our show. And it's going to remain gay.

Applause was designed to bemuse and confuse you until it explodes into a chorus that reminds us why we love pop music.

I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

I'm terrified of therapy because I don't want it to mess with my creativity.

Equality cannot be reached if fought in a divisive way.

Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.

I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

Even if the whole world turns their back on you, you will always have yourself.

She [my mother] said, "You are fiercely protective of your inventions because you are your fans." She helped me understand my own feelings. When someone has pulled the wool over my eyes, I feel that they have pulled the wool over the eyes of millions of fans around the world. She helped me to forgive. You can't force people to have the same world consciousness and awareness as you do.

A glamorous life is quite different to a life of luxury. I don’t need luxury. For years, I was practically broke but I was still very vain and glamorous. And I still am.

I’d rather be poor and happy than rich and alone.

When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own.

I believe in a glamorous life, and I live a glamorous life.

You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.

For being different, it’s easy. But to be unique, it’s a complicated thing.

Sunblock! I don't like to tan my face because it's bad for wrinkles.

Love is an interesting thing.

I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.

I have been addicted to it, and it's ultimately related to anxiety coping, and it's a form of self-medication, and I was smoking up to 15 to 20 marijuana cigarettes a day with no tobacco.

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

In the deepest hour of the night I confess to myself three things; I would die if I was forbidden to write, forbidden to love, or forbidden to fashion....love each other, and celebrate the art and lifestyle of music.

I love her. My piano. play the sh*t outta her.

You ought to pity me 'cause there's always one man to love/ But in the bedroom the size of him's more than enough.