Lady Gaga

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

Be brave and celebrate with us your 'perceived flaws,' as society tells us. May we make our flaws famous, and thus redefine the heinous.

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

The darkness, the loop of negative thoughts on repeat, clamours and interferes with the music I hear in my head.

I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem.

When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.

I always say, you gotta play a dive bar like you play an arena, and you play an arena like you play a dive bar.

All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they'll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad's restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.

Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me!

What I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.

I'm encouraging you to know what you're worth. And know that no matter who has more money in class, who has more stuff, who has a country house - nobody is worth more than anybody else.

I'm not a supermodel. That's not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what's happening on the outside.

I actually don't want a throne at all, because I don't view myself as a queen; I view myself as one of my fans.

We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.

Don't hide yourself in regret, _x000D_ Just love yourself and you're set _x000D_ I'm on the right track, baby _x000D_ I was born this way

Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.

My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage - they're just not stages you're allowed to see.

They're not prosthetics. They're my bones. They come out when I’m inspired. They've always been inside of me, but I have been waiting for the right time to reveal to the universe who I truly am.

The whole world may not understand me, but I don’t care.