I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.

'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

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.

I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff.

Don't say I hate institutionalised religion - rather than saying I hate those things, which I do not, what I'm saying is that perhaps there is a way of opening more doors, rather than closing so many.

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.

I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.

I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.

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'.

So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool.

Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times. It's best not to ask questions and just enjoy.

My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I'm very protective.

My father opened a restaurant. It's so amazing... it's so freaking delicious, but I'm telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there.

I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy.

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.

Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.

It was my delusion and naivety that brought me here.

I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.

I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

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.

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 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.

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.

You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.