Quotes By Lady Gaga

I love being able to be political without any political affiliation.

I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.

I like pushing boundaries.

I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you - when life opens that door for you, I should say - I think it's important to be giving, to return the love back.

You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.

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.

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 live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.

I just want to keep writing music.

My mother always wanted to give back.

I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga, they said I was very theatrical and they said, 'You're Gaga'.

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

I don't care about money.

I was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.

If you don't feel safe as a child, you can't learn.

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

When I say to you, there is nobody like me, and there never was, that is a statement I want every woman to feel and make about themselves.

I'm not interested in people positioning me next to other artists.

I don't think that women need to smell interesting.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

Then, when I'm in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it's all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me.

Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.

I love imperfections.

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.

Love is an interesting thing.

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.'