Dali Lama said, 'when you open the heart of the person with humor, you can tell him the most truth. But if you tell him truth without humor, the heart closes.'

To me the pain and the blood are merely means of artistic expression.

When Lady Gaga says I am her inspiration, you reach kids between 12 and 18. Now I am like a brand - jeans, Coca-Cola.

Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.

We always think of our own profit, but not in connection to others.

Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.

We, performers, work on willpower. This willpower works in a short term, not durational.