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"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."
"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."
"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."
"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!"
"You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way."
"I don't think that women need to smell interesting."
"I don't view myself as outrageous - that's not the intention. Its to be more and more original."
"I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry."
"This is one image. This is one moment. This is one statement. ARTPOP"
"I believe in a glamorous life, and I live a glamorous life."
"I'm terrified of babies I think, creatively as a woman, you change once you give birth. I'm totally not ready for that."
"Being different is a talent. You illuminate what makes you special in the sea of sameness around you."
"When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own."
"Only I can snatch my own weave"
"I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind."
"I have kids who buy tickets for my show... How could I take their money and ignore their problems?"
"Some of you will stay with me forever, but some of you ... WILL BETRAY ME."
"Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft spoken and loud, all at once."
"Sweat it out then back home to my man to make dinner. #hausWife"
"Off to the STUDIO in my new whip."