Quotes By Lady Gaga

I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 just want to keep writing music.

Love is an interesting thing.

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.

I don't like talking to celebrities.

I want a baby from an Italian - possibly Sicilian - donor.

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 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.'

I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.

My mom and I are very close.

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.