I feel like I'm the worst, so I always act like I'm the best.

I don't want to live in real life. It's too harsh, too brutal.

I have sold my soul. I would sell my soul, if I could have it all.

Electra Heart is the antithesis of everything I stand for. And the point of introducing her and building a concept around her is that she stands for the corrupt side of American ideology, and basically that's the corruption of yourself. My worst fear - that's anyone's worst fear - is to lose myself and become an empty person. And that happens a lot when you're very ambitious.

I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world.

I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy.

I was always very creative. I was always into acting and dancing when I was younger.