There is spontaneity to my work.
Love is an interesting thing.
To this day, some of my closest friends say, ‘Gaga, you know, everything’s great. You’re a singer; your dreams have come true.’ But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you’re growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they’re true.
I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.
I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you – when life opens that door for you, I should say – I think it’s important to be giving, to return the love back.
I was so ashamed of who I was.
Whether I’m wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I’m always the same person inside.
I don’t see myself as ever being like anybody else.
It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn’t make me feel good at all.
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.
I’m working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.
I was always trying – I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
When you’re around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it’s not strange, it’s just Gaga.
I love being able to be political without any political affiliation.
Some people want to win races. Other people want to be President of the United States.
When I heard ‘Jesus, Take the Wheel,’ I was like, OK. Some people look at it as a song written for an American Idol, Carrie Underwood, who is wonderful. But when you’re a songwriter listening to a song, you hear something else. I heard that song, and wow.
I love my friends and my past, and it’s made me who I am.
I miss people. I miss going anywhere and meeting a random person and saying ‘Hi’ and having a conversation about life. I love people.
I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.
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’ve worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer.
I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.
I don’t think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and through. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one.
I’ve suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life.
Pop music will never be low brow.
Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what’s underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don’t think it ever will be.
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.
When people say ‘marriage’ to me… It’s always a means to an end. Everyone’s so in a rush to define the relationship.
Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.
Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, ‘What kind of music do you make?’, and you say, ‘Pop music.’ You may as well have ‘I’m not cool’ stamped on your forehead.
The blurring of fantasy and reality is something that the Japanese herald in their life, in their day-to-day commercialism.
When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl.
I write music every day.
Well, in order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times.
I’m doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal to be kind and loving.
I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn’t exist without the performance-art element.
In order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
I love imperfections.
My records are borderline dance records. They’ve got a real electro-rock heart and soul, and the vibe of the sentiment is pop, but there’s a lot of people that were like, ‘This is a dance record.’
I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.
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 love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff.
I think what’s important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.
What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world. It matters to the people who like the Pope and follow the Pope… It is not a reflection of all religious people.
I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
Gay marriage is going to happen. It must.
I don’t know if I’m selfless – I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that’s not completely selfless. But the truth is I’m not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That’s always been how I am.
Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be.
I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.
I like pushing boundaries.
When I say to you, there is nobody like me, and there never was, that is a statement I want every woman to feel and make about themselves.
When I’m making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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.
I’m not a sandwich store that only sells turkey sandwiches. I sell a lot of different things.
I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.
I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while.
There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
I don’t like L.A. It’s just not fun. I don’t know why, but I just don’t get it. You have to drive to get everywhere, and when it rains everybody freaks out.
I’m confident in who I am. I’ve come to a place in my life where I’ve accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That’s just the way I’ve always tried to be. It didn’t change when I became a star.
If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don’t want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.
I spend my money on my props and my creations. I’m an inventor.
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