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

It's okay that we're not perfect. It's okay that we all have problems. It's okay to cry, to show emotions.

I notice if I'm too fat or if I'm too ugly or there's skin hanging or whatever. When my clothes start not fitting, I get really self-conscious about what I eat.

You should see ballerinas' feet. They don't have nails. You see beauty, but it's unbelievable pain - with a 40-year pension! That's it, and then life is really finished.

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

Most artists create foundations where they put their own work. Here I'm not putting my own work. I'm just creating the chambers.

People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.