"I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically."
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"The real cake isn't HAVING what you want, it's DOING what you want"
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"There's something about lonely nights and my lipstick on your face"
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"My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage - they're just not stages you're allowed to see."
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"I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission."
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"No matter how much you rehearse on that stage, once you add 30,000 screaming people with flashing cameras into the equation, it's pretty intense."
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"I was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. And they were a bit on the eccentric side I suppose. So people started to call me Gaga after the Queen song 'Radio Gaga.'"
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"Don't judge anyone but don't trust anyone."
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"I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point."
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"The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them."
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"If love is a sin, live a lie. You and Me, until I die."
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"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 f***** deli without hearing or seeing me.'"
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"When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to."
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"I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances."
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"Look to yourself for the answer - stop calling your girlfriends and stop calling your mom - you know if it's working or not, you either feel like a goddess or you don't"
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"There's no way to convince people of your greatness. Whatever it is that you want to be, you have to know it inside and knife-fight your way to your dream."
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"Music and visual performance have to influence each other. Designers and musicians have to be the nexus of all things pop culture, so I think about designers when I'm making music."
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"I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans."
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"I try to not focus on what people expect from me."
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"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."
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