Lady Gaga Quotes - Page 17

My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me.

The real cake isn't HAVING what you want, it's DOING what you want

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.

When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own.

cause it's a hard life, with love in the world. and i'm a hard girl, loving me is like chewing on pearls.

Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.

Perez Hilton is brilliant to me. Because he’s taken something that people don’t think is valid, don’t think is important, and he’s made them obsessed with it. People are obsessed with him. They’re obsessed with his site, they’re obsessed with what he does. They love him. They all love him. They love you, they hate you, what you don’t want is indifference. The day that I put a record out that nobody says a damn thing about, that’s bad.

I think that artifice is the new reality. It's more about just being honest and sincere to the core of what you do. Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.

Yoga makes me feel like I can do anything.

You ought to pity me 'cause there's always one man to love/ But in the bedroom the size of him's more than enough.

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

I'm encouraging you to know what you're worth. And know that no matter who has more money in class, who has more stuff, who has a country house - nobody is worth more than anybody else.

I love her. My piano. play the sh*t outta her.

My new album that I'm creating, which is finished pretty much, was written with this new instinctual energy that I've developed getting to know my fans. They protect me, so now it's my destiny to protect them.

The blurring of fantasy and reality is something that the Japanese herald in their life, in their day-to-day commercialism.

Knowing that I inspired SAM SMITH is one of the most powerful experiences I've had as an artist. I was Sam. I still am Sam.

So many will try to destroy me. So many, over and over, coming in periods of greatness. But in this period, I cannot be broken: GAGAKLEIN.

Off to the STUDIO in my new whip.

There is a strong possibility I will release another volume of ARTPOP and I'm really hoping that it's soon.

Don't hide yourself in regret, Just love yourself and you're set I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way

My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage - they're just not stages you're allowed to see.

I’m not going to start churning out what you expect. If you want me to be a manufactured act, you can f*** off.

Prejudice is a disease. And when they come for you, or refuse your worth, I will be ready for their stones. I belong to you.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.