“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.”
Family“I don't think that women need to smell interesting.”
Women“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.”
Family“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.”
Dreams“In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?'”
Age“I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.”
Money“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.”
Work“I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.”
Diet“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.”
Music“I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.”
Hope“Pop music will never be low brow.”
Music“I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.”
Hope“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.”
Music“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.”
Art“I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.”
Future“Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.”
Music“I don't want to make money I want to make a difference.”
Money“I don't want to make niche-oriented music.”
Music“It's hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don't always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.”
Family“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.”
Amazing“I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.”
Experience“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.”
Work