"I'm on the right track, baby. I was born this way."

"If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next."

"Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, 'cause we were born this way!"

"I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly."

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

"I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say, 'Because of you, I didn't give up.'"

"For being different, it's easy. But to be unique, it's a complicated thing."

"I want women and men to feel empowered by a deeper and more psychotic part of themselves. The part they're always trying desperately to hide. I want that to become something that they cherish."

"I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job."

"Your insecurities are what make you different and what make you who you are."

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

"You have to be unique and different and shine in your own way."

"I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions."

"I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future."

"In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny."

"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."

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

"When you leave here tonight, you know how you feel and what you believe in. And that's how I feel every single day. I want the best for humanity."

"Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead."

"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."

"Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad. I've always cared about my clothes and my shoes."

"Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore."

"I don't like to be put in a box, let alone stay in it."

"You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way."

"You can be surrounded by people, and still be lonely. You can be understood by people, and still feel unknown."

"Believe in yourself and you're unstoppable."

"When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time."

"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'."

"I'm always saying something about art and music and fame. That's why you don't ever catch me in a T-shirt unless I'm in bed."

"Do not be afraid to be you. Because that is your greatest gift."

"The ultimate accessory is the one that reflects your heart."

"I want to be remembered for the furrow on my brow that says, 'What hasn't been done?'"

"You can be whoever you choose to be on the Internet. It's so important to keep your private life private, but at the same time, we're all human."

"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."

"Art is a lie. And every day, I kill to make it true."

"I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time."

"The greatest applause I should ever receive is the whisper of my children saying, 'Momma, you're a warrior.'"

"For me, it's always been about trying to do something that's more than just music. It's about trying to change the world."

"I'm not a supermodel. That's not what I do."

"I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid."

"You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing."

"There's nothing wrong with loving who you are."

"Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner."

"I want to make a difference in the world. The only way to do that is to be different."

"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."

"It doesn't matter who you are, or where you come from, or how much money you've got in your pocket. You have your own destiny and your own life ahead of you."

"Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are."

"You define beauty for yourself, society doesn't define your beauty."

"Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world."

"The idea that we can't be free is not factual. It's an illusion."