Lady Gaga

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

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.

None of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction - they're always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life.

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

I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.

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.

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

Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.

In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.

Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.

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

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.