About the times of the End, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition.

Wherever I go in America, I like it when the land speaks its own language in its own regional accent.

I don’t need to be on top to know I’m worth it.

I was very depressed when I was 19… I would go back to my apartment every day and I would just sit there. It was quiet and it was lonely. It was still. It was just my piano and myself. I had a television and I would leave it on all the time just to feel like somebody was hanging out with me.

I like pushing boundaries.

I would rather die than have my fans see me without a pair of heels on. And that’s show business.

So basically I did this whole show carrying 100lbs, looking out of one eye, dancing – and then my tits explode at the end. It’s not as easy as it looks!

I’ve gone bankrupt about four times now. Every dollar I earn goes on the show.

Nothing that we do together has a finish line. You & I, Little Monsters, we are eternal.

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

I don’t consider my own clothing to be outrageous. The truth is that people just don’t have the same references that I do. To me it’s very beautiful and it’s art, and to them it’s outrageous and crazy.

Being different is a talent. You illuminate what makes you special in the sea of sameness around you.

If you’re laying in bed next to someone that really doesn’t make you feel like the goddess that you are, you need to rediscover what it is that you truly want and need.

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.

This is who I am.

I’m not a sandwich store that only sells turkey sandwiches. I sell a lot of different things.

I am a feminist. I reject wholeheartedly the way we are taught to perceive women. The beauty of women, how a woman should act or behave. Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft-spoken and loud, all at once. There is something mind-controlling about the way we’re taught to view women.

Sexuality is half poison and half liberation. What’s the line? I don’t have a line.

I want to do more movies, I want to have babies and I want to continue to build the behemoth that is Haus Laboratories into the makeup company of my dreams.

I’d rather be poor and happy than rich and alone

I never felt comfortable enough to sing and just be this way, to just sing and wear my hair back. I never felt pretty enough or smart enough or a good enough musician.

I take medication every day for mental illness and depression and don’t feel bad about it,

I’ve suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life, I still suffer with it every single day,” she explained. “I just want these kids [her fans] to know that that depth that they feel as human beings is normal.

We need to share our stories so that global mental health no longer resides and festers in the darkness.

The more we share our stories— through words or pictures, music or drama— the kinder our world will be.

You can wear whatever you want as long as you believe in it.

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

I don’t want to change the world, I just want to create art that makes people feel and think.

You don’t have to succumb to societal pressures about what modern relationships are “supposed” to look like.

Everyone can access the parts of themselves that are great. I’m just a girl from New York City who decided to do this, after all. Rule the world! What’s life worth living if you don’t rule it?

I hate the truth so much that I’d rather have a giant dose of bulls**t anyday .

The opposite of being mindful is being unconscious, so don’t be unconscious all day on your phone.

A girl’s got to use what she’s given and I’m not going to make a guy drool the way a Britney video does. So I take it to extremes. I don’t say I dress sexily on stage – what I do is so extreme. It’s meant to make guys think: ‘I don’t know if this is sexy or just weird.

When I wake up in the morning, I feel like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Then I say,’Bitch, you’re Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today.

Depression doesn’t take away your talents—it just makes them harder to find. But I always find it. I learned that my sadness never destroyed what was great about me. You just have to go back to that greatness, find that one little light that’s left.

Don’t judge anyone but don’t trust anyone.

If you say something that doesn’t truly come from your spirit and your soul … it’s an injustice to your position. And so, I’m really myself every single day.

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.

I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to – as my father puts it – finally have a real job.

I feel that flip-flops are the downfall of many relationships. It’s, like, first it’s the flip-flops, and then it’s the sweatpants…it’s the gateway drug to no sex.

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 most efficient way for you to act with young people is to be a calming force.

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.

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

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.

This community has fought and continues to fight a war of acceptance, a war of tolerance and the most relentless bravery. You are the definition of courage.

I think feminism is the fight for women’s rights, for equality, and also to protect women as much as possible.

I’m working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.

Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

I am not perfect, I just think that imperfections are beautiful.

Money is completely boring to me. It means nothing, except it feeds my art. Every penny I make goes back into the Haus of GaGa. My Haus of GaGa is something like Andy Warhol‘s Factory.

Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away.

When I stare at you I wish I were blind.

Why spend your whole life trying to be somebody that you’re not? It’s so much more fun to be yourself.

I’m always trying to create something that the fans won’t expect.

Britney’s a real class act in terms of the way she handles herself in the media and embraces new artists. She’s always really kind, I’ve always admired that about her.

I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.

I don’t think that women need to smell interesting.

The dieting wars have got to stop.

It’s not that I’ve been dishonest, it’s just that I loathe reality.

I think it’s absolutely a blessing when you just know what your purpose is and your destiny. I don’t think it’s a curse at all.

Once you start being mindful and really going, “Do I actually want that?,’ you start to feel empowered and you find your value.

You Are a Legend. Your Self-invention Matters. You Are the Artist of Your Own Life.

I don’t know if this is too much for your magazine, but I can actually mentally give myself an orgasm.

Amidst all of these flashing lights I pray the fame won’t take my life.

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 believe that the most inexpensive, and perhaps the best medicine in the world is words. Kind words, positive words, and words that help people who feel ashamed of an invisible illness to overcome their shame and feel free.

The only better thing than a unicorn, is a gay unicorn.

You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.

My fans are who I am. You give meaning to my life. You will never know the connection I feel to you.

Never bully anyone because Karma has everyone’s address and a motherf**king stamp!

A different lover is not a sin.

I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga, they said I was very theatrical and they said, ‘You’re Gaga’.

All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear. For a minute I had fear. [Then] I went into the [dressing] room and shot my fear in the face…

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.

In my work and what I do, I am Queen of the Universe every day!

I feel that if I can show my demise artistically to the public, I can somehow cure my own legend.

I think that fashion and music go hand-in-hand, and they always should. It’s the artist’s job to create imagery that matches the music. I think they’re very intertwined.

That is what fame is, isn’t it? To get the world to fall in love with you.

The only big things I’ve purchased are my dad’s heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.

I am focused on the work. I am constantly creating. I am a busy girl. I live and breathe my work. I love what I do. I believe in the message. There’s no stopping. I didn’t create the fame, the fame created me.

Never Be Afraid To Dream.

I’ve had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year’s worth of rent.

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

I think that music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer no matter what race or religion or nationality, sexual orientation, gender that you are it has the power to unite us.

The most important thing about creativity is that you honor your creativity and you don’t ever ignore it or go against what that creative image is telling you.

Pop music will never be low brow.

Music changed my life. I don’t know who I would be without it. Don’t ignore even the smallest glimmer of passion in your soul, run towards it with everything you have. It could change your life.

Whether I’m wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I’m always the same person inside. I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions.

You have to stop crying, and you have to go kick some ass.

My fashion is part of who I am, and though I was not born with these clothes on, I was born this way.

If you’re a strong female, you don’t need permission.

You’re love is nothing I can’t fight. Can’t sleep with a man who dims my shine.

When you make music or write or create, it’s really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you’re writing about at the time.

A record deal doesn’t make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

Once you kill a cow, you gotta make a burger.

I’m already crazy. I’m a fearless person. I think it creeps up on you. I don’t think it can be stopped. If my destiny is to lose my mind because of fame, then that’s my destiny. But my passion still means more than anything.

No matter how much success you have, no matter how many opportunities, fame, fortune, no matter how many accept you to your face, the person that really needs to accept you is you.

You see, if I was a guy, and I was sitting here with a cigarette in my hand, grabbing my crotch and talking about how I make music because I like fast cars and fucking girls, you’d call me a rockstar. But when I do it in my music and in my videos, because I’m a female, because I make pop music, you’re judgmental and you say that it is distracting… I’m just a rockstar.

I never felt comfortable enough to sing and just be this way, to just sing and wear my hair back. I never felt pretty enough or smart enough or a good enough musician.

You can spin your struggles into gold, you just got to believe in yourself.

I often felt lonely and depressed when I was growing up. It had nothing to do with my parents—it’s just my brain chemistry.

Please do not discount your mental health during this time. It is so important that you take care of what is in your head and in your heart.

They say that this country is free, and they say that this country is equal, but it is not equal if it’s ‘sometimes’…We need change now. We demand actions now.

Memories are not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics. They can be lost forever.

I believe that the best type of kindness is the one that inspires kindness.

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.

Bare your struggles very close to your heart and have them be a part of you that you’re proud of instead of something that you’re ashamed of.

I remember watching the mascara tears flood the ivories and I thought, “It’s OK to be sad.” I’ve been trained to love my darkness.

We are equal. We both walk our two feet on the same earth. And we’re in this together.

Well my music was different in high school; I was singing about love—you know, things I don’t care about anymore.

I want you to walk out of here tonight not loving me more, but loving yourselves more.

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

Lady Gaga Is My Name. If You Know Me, And You Call Me Stefani, You Don’t Really Know Me At All.

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

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.

My fans are who I am. You give meaning to my life. You will never know the connection I feel to you.

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

Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

I am the excuse to explore your identity. To be exactly who you are and to feel unafraid. To not judge yourself, to not hate yourself.

I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification.

I don’t want the 5 dollars in your pocket, I want your soul.

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

You must always remember, the most important fashion accessory is the condom.

I’m beautiful in my way ’cause God makes no mistakes. I’m on the right track baby, I was born this way.

I don’t wanna be alone forever but I can be tonight.

Some of us wear the mask prouder than others.

I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body.

I want women — and men — to feel empowered by a deeper and more psychotic part of themselves. The part they’re always trying desperately to hide. I want that to become something that they cherish.

They can’t scare me, if I scare them first.

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show

I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol. I mean, why would anyone care to listen to me if I wasn’t an expert in what I write about?

I don’t consider my own clothing to be outrageous. The truth is that people just don’t have the same references that I do. To me it’s very beautiful and it’s art, and to them it’s outrageous and crazy.

I’m going to be a star, you know why? Because I have nothing left to lose.

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.

Money can run out but talent is forever.

When you leave here tonight, know that at least one person believes in you.

You have to be the antithesis of the status quo. You have to work against it. It’s not about a reaction. You don’t need to react to anything. We need to be proactive in our own movement of positivity.

I want the deepest, darkest, sickest parts of you that you are afraid to share with anyone because I love you that much.

I’m telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true.

Stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves; its your responsibility.

People will always talk, so lets give them sumthin to talk about.

Do you know the feeling, when your heart is so hurt, that you could feel the blood dripping?

I’m obsessively opposed to the typical.

What I’ve learned is that you really don’t need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be – and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.

I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person

Peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

This community has fought and continues to fight a war of acceptance, a war of tolerance and the most relentless bravery. You are the definition of courage.

“I feel like if you’re a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what.

I’m inspired by fashion. I’m inspired by the moonlight. I’m inspired by sex and pornography and slasher films.

I don’t like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I’m from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.

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

I think that music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer no matter what race or religion or nationality, sexual orientation, gender that you are it has the power to unite us.

It’s Cooler To Be Strong.

It’s always wrong to hate, but it’s never wrong to love.

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.

Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it.

Don’t be insecure if your heart is pure.

You have to fail and then get better. Then you have to fail again, and then get even better.

Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you’d be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.

I’m a free bitch baby.

They can’t scare me, if I scare them first.

I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.

Individual acts of bravery and compassion can change the world. It is time to do the same for mental health.

I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be – and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.

As artists, we are eternally heartbroken.

‎Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, cuz we were born this way bitch!

I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me

Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

You laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at you because you’re the same.

Don’t be a drag. Just be a queen.

For being different, it’s easy. But to be unique, it’s a complicated thing

In order to build strength, you have to usually come from a lot of weakness

Every time they told me no, I just got stronger.

You can’t stop my voice cause you don’t own my life but do what you want with my body.

Kindness is a free currency from a well that will never dry up.

At the end of the day you won’t be happy until you love yourself.

And now, I’m just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult.

Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.

People will always talk, so lets give them something to talk about.

I want my fans to love themselves. It’s almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.

You define beauty yourself, society doesn’t define your beauty.

Cause it’s a hard life, with love in the world. And I’m a hard girl, loving me is like chewing on pearls.