I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens with my music and wherever I go - that heart of that glamorous girl in New York will never be gone.
Lady GagaRead
I used to get bullied by the popular girls at school. Today, I am the popular girl, and the bullies come to my shows.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the journey from being bullied to becoming a figure of success and confidence.
Lady Gaga reflects on her past experiences of being bullied by popular girls at school, and how she has transformed her life to become a symbol of success and popularity herself. It underscores the idea that overcoming adversity and embracing one's true self can lead to empowerment, even turning the tables on those who once marginalized you.
In practice
In a speech against bullying at a school assembly.
I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens with my music and wherever I go - that heart of that glamorous girl in New York will never be gone.
I am not perfect. I just think that imperfections are beautiful.
I think that once you've had a few No. 1s in your career that you've kind of proven yourself and I don't feel the need to prove anything anymore.
You can be whoever you choose to become in the future, just do it. Just see it and visualize it and every day of your life project that about yourself.
Sexuality is half poison and half liberation. Whatβs the line? I donβt have a line.
I very much want to inject gay culture into the mainstream. It's not an underground tool for me. It's my whole life.
To conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat.
I believed that, in a situation where the community that I came from were being treated like second- and third-class citizens, that I had a responsibility to fight back against it. And I don't apologise to anybody for having done that. I think it was the right thing to do.
Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity.
There are no halfway measures against bigotry, hatred and anti-Semitism. It's got to be rejected totally.
It is necessary to run risks, to follow certain paths and to abandon others. No one can make a choice without feeling fear.
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