When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming and this really ugly princess skirt and blouse with the top button closed. I had a boy haircut, a baby face covered with pimples, and a really big nose.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

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

We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself - your own house - which we never do.

I believe that life is shorter; that is why we have to make experience longer.

We make such terrible mistakes with visual choices about beauty.

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