Quotes from Lady Gaga

Take my picture Hollywood. I wanna be STAR

I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.

My mom and I are very close.

I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.

Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be.

I've had enough, this is my prayer, that I'll die living just as free as my hair.

I see love in black and white. Passion in shades of "gris". But when it comes to you and I, color is all I see.

I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.

When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to.

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.

Pop music will never be low brow.

I'm not interested in people positioning me next to other artists.

I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.

I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.

I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

If you are not being bullied all I would say - cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well - is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there's someone in your class that maybe doesn't have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.

I don't like talking to celebrities.

When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.

Only value the opinion of those that you respect. And anyone that you don't respect, pay no mind to their opinion about you or anything else.

I wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.

It was my delusion and naivety that brought me here.

It doesn't matter who you are, or where you come from, or how much money you've got in your pocket. You have your own destiny and your own life ahead of you.

Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you; they make you perfect. It's not real life.

People that are obsessed with hating you, feel flattered. Their whole lives revolve around you.