Quotes About Authenticity

I don't ever necessarily feel masculine or feminine. I just feel... I don't know. Like, when I'm wearing women's clothes, it's not like I'm dressing like a lady, a woman; it's just like I'm doing whatever I want.

I just want a lady who can be themselves, it's not a cookie cutter criteria that a woman should fall under.

Lady Gaga is my name. If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don't really know me at all.

There are people we look up to, like Lady Gaga and what she's built. She's not afraid to own who she is.

I used to like Lady Gaga. I still love her. But what I like about LMFAO is that they're completely outside of the box; they're completely different. They're not ridiculous, but they are not afraid of it. And also, it's a certain type of artistry.

This is all me. That's why all my products come in this dragon egg literally 'cause I'm like, I laid an egg for you, girl. Every little last detail is so Nikita and extra and wild. I'm creating things I've always wanted to see in the beauty industry.

I am really laid back and kind of go-with-the-flow, but I will never do anything that I don't believe in.

I don't feel like I'm very pop-star lame, but I'm definitely not hipster-cool.

I've always been against trying to make a movie like another movie. That's lame. It's already been done, so why do it again?

I shouldn't have acted. I didn't exhibit any ability. I was one of the kids in the school play who was just mouthing words, and they weren't the actual words of the song. I was pretty lame!

Let's stop acting like a man who is clear about his intentions, is open to love, and has a good head on his shoulders is 'boring,' 'lame,' and 'not passionate like the edgy guy.'

It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

There's nothing fake about flipping over and landing on your back.

The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism.

If you're meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you've already set the bar too high.

I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with.

When I hear the word 'documentary,' I don't think certain things should be left out. You've got to keep it 100 percent as much as you can, unless your group has a meeting beforehand and says, 'Yo - don't say this, 'cause boom, boom, boom.' Other than that, it's a documentary so let's document, you know what I mean?

I don't try to impress people. Sometimes my jokes can be very harsh; I'm very sarcastic. I would joke about something disgusting, and my agent might be like, 'OK, maybe leave that behind for this one meeting. The burping? Maybe don't do that.'

I did not like formal meetings, because they took away my freedom. I just liked to spend time with my friends, where I could be myself and did not need to don a mask.

We may not be proud of every song we've ever done - or been forced to do - but I believe we've done more than meets the eye.

You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'

Any kind of creativity is not settling down into a happy little space. I don't try to be mellow or anything. I think I have quite... my voice is what it is, no matter what I'm singing, it's always going to sound like me. There's not too far I could go. I sound like myself. I hope that I haven't put any boundaries on anything.

I'm definitely using different parts of myself, but I think when it comes down to words and melodies, I can't really force anything too much.

In Latin America, people want you to write beautiful melodies and words. But there are also songs that do well because they show the reality of life.