"I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms."

"It's not about trying to look thin, it's about trying to be healthy."

"Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body."

"I suppose that I didn't really know what I was signing up for when I decided to be a pop singer. My plan was to conquer the world and then be myself."

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

"It's not about winning. But it's about not giving up. If you have a dream, fight for it."

"I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines."

"In this life, it's not about what you have. It's about what you can create."

"Pop stars should not eat."

"The most beautiful thing about kindness is that it's free."

"I'm a little different to other women. 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."

"People will always talk, so let's give them something to talk about."

"Happiness is a choice. If you're miserable, you're choosing to be miserable. There are always ups and downs - how you deal with them defines who you are."

"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."

"The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them."

"I want the world to be better because I was here."

"Don't sell out to this business. Sell into it."

"Lady Gaga is my name. If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don't really know me at all."

"It's always wrong to hate, but it's never wrong to love."

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

"I want to be a star, I'm not going to lie."

"I believe in a glamorous life. I believe in the everyday application of the outrageous."

"I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and through. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one."

"I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference."

"Don't be insecure if your heart is pure."

"I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent."

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

"I'm not a sandwich. I'm not a piece of meat."

"Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us."

"In order to free yourselves, you must be willing to go to the edge. Your liberation is on the other side of your fear."

"I want the deepest, darkest, sickest parts of you that you are afraid to share with anyone because I love you that much."

"If you are not being bullied all I would say - cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well - is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there's someone in your class that maybe doesn't have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person."

"When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to."

"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."

"It's okay to be different. It's okay to be unique. It's okay to be weird. It's okay to stand out."

"I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need."

"I want to be a queen in people's hearts."

"I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws."