Lady Gaga Quotes & Sayings

I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans. — Lady Gaga

I don't care about money. — Lady Gaga

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. — Lady Gaga

Well my music was different in high school; I was singing about love - you know, things I don't care about anymore. — Lady Gaga

If you are not honorable enough to fight without prejudice, go home. — Lady Gaga

No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I'm on the right track baby I was born to survive. — Lady Gaga

I started out playing in clubs. I always like existing under ground and over ground at the same time. — Lady Gaga

I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star. — Lady Gaga

For some people, fame kills it and becomes more important than the music or the performance. But for me fame is like rocket fuel. The more my fans like what I'm doing, the more I want to give back to them. And my passion is so strong I can't sleep - I haven'tslept for three days. — Lady Gaga

Nothing that we do together has a finish line. You & I, Little Monsters, we are eternal. — Lady Gaga

I remember the first show I had there were about 3 people, at least there was somebody. The next one was about 30. Then a couple years later there were 300 people and before I knew it there were 3,000 ... Then one day, I opened my eyes and there were 300,000 singing all my lyrics. — Lady Gaga

I don't want to sound presumptuous, but I've made it my goal to revolutionize pop music. The last revolution was launched by Madonna 25 years ago — Lady Gaga

I started when I was really young. I was playing classical music when I was 4 and when I turned 11 I started to write pop music. I guess you could say it was my intellectual evolution and my love of music began to change. — Lady Gaga

You may never reach that glorious moment until you die, so live life on the edge halfway between heaven and hell ... and let's all dance in the middle in purgatory — Lady Gaga

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. — Lady Gaga

I like pushing boundaries. — Lady Gaga

This means more to me than any Grammy I could ever win ... It will take a village and an army, [some] countries and continents to make bullying a hate crime. — Lady Gaga

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. — Lady Gaga

If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it's not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red? — Lady Gaga

Put your hands up and cheer for yourselves! You are strong, you are brave, you are confident, and I f*ing love you, Israel. — Lady Gaga

Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun — Lady Gaga

It's cooler to be strong. — Lady Gaga

The way that I sing, what I sing about, what I wear, who I am, this is me. I was born this way. — Lady Gaga

I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person. — Lady Gaga

If I can be a leader, I will. — Lady Gaga

I'm just a holy fool — Lady Gaga

I want you to walk out of here tonight not loving me more, but loving yourselves more. — Lady Gaga

Some of you will stay with me forever, but some of you ... WILL BETRAY ME. — Lady Gaga

We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult. — Lady Gaga

Don't be a drag.
Just be a queen. — Lady Gaga

Prejudice is a disease. So is fashion. But I will not wear prejudice — Lady Gaga

There really is no difference between the bully and the victim. — Lady Gaga

I'm inspired by fashion. I'm inspired by the moonlight. I'm inspired by sex and pornography and slasher films. — Lady Gaga

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. — Lady Gaga

My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist. — Lady Gaga

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

I'm obsessively opposed to the typical. — Lady Gaga

I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification. — Lady Gaga

And now, I'm just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time. — Lady Gaga

Sometimes I get this gut feeling about people - maybe I sense a hidden agenda or that they care for the money more than the message. I wish that I'd listen to that feeling instead of waiting for the truth to rear its ugly head. I'm a smart girl. I'm loyal. But sometimes I'm too loyal. I'm not loyal enough to myself. — Lady Gaga

I can't wait to design the performance. I want to make a moment that is about much more than me. Performing in space is such an honor. I want to challenge myself to come up with something that will not only bring everyone together but will also have a message of love that blasts into the beyond. — Lady Gaga

I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else. — Lady Gaga

I study everything that I do to become better all the time at my craft. The beauty for me about being an artist is that the dream will never die because I'm not obsessed with material things and don't care about the money and don't care about the attention of the public but only the love of my fans. For me it's about keeping the dream alive of how much more devoted, how much more honest, how much better of an artist can I become? That's the only fear that I ever have, that the dream will die. — Lady Gaga

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. — Lady Gaga

A girl's just as hot as the shoes she choose — Lady Gaga

I don't need anybody's permission to be remembered. I will be. Whether they like it or not. — Lady Gaga

I've gone bankrupt about four times now. Every dollar I earn goes on the show. — Lady Gaga

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. — Lady Gaga

In my work and what I do, I am Queen of the Universe every day! — Lady Gaga

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

I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed. — Lady Gaga

I'm perpetually lonely. — Lady Gaga

It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn't make me feel good at all. — Lady Gaga

Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues. — Lady Gaga

Confidence is key, if you don't have it, fake it! — Lady Gaga

It's not that I've been dishonest, it's just that I loathe reality. — Lady Gaga

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. — Lady Gaga

I wrote about everything I didn't write on The Fame. While traveling the world for two years, I've encountered several monsters, each represented by a different song on the new record: my 'Fear of Sex Monster,' my 'Fear of Alcohol Monster,' my 'Fear of Love Monster,' my 'Fear of Death Monster,' my 'Fear of Loneliness Monster,' etc. I spent a lot of nights in Eastern Europe, and this album is a pop experimentation with industrial/Goth beats, 90's dance melodies, an obsession with the lyrical genius of 80's melancholic pop, and the runway. I wrote while watching muted fashion shows and I am compelled to say my music was scored for them. — Lady Gaga

I will always have a very deep love for Amy Winehouse. — Lady Gaga

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem. — Lady Gaga

I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times — Lady Gaga

I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances. — Lady Gaga

Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be. — Lady Gaga

There are some people in this world that believe being gay is a choice. It's not a choice, we're born this way. — Lady Gaga

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

I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy. — Lady Gaga

Making ziti for the Chicago Fire Department! I hope they're not too busy today, but this should fill their bellies I hope they like it! — Lady Gaga

My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I'm very protective. — Lady Gaga

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

Rejoice and love yourself today
'Cause baby, you were born this way. — Lady Gaga

Look to yourself for the answer - stop calling your girlfriends and stop calling your mom - you know if it's working or not, you either feel like a goddess or you don't — Lady Gaga

I think it's OK to be confident in yourself. — Lady Gaga

I'm not a supermodel. That's not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what's happening on the outside. — Lady Gaga

In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny. — Lady Gaga

The dieting wars have got to stop. — Lady Gaga

I'm already crazy. I'm a fearless person. I think it creeps up on you. I don't think it can be stopped. If my destiny is to lose my mind because of fame, then that's my destiny. But my passion still means more than anything. — Lady Gaga

I had My Little Ponies. I was obsessed with the idea of a creature that was born with something magical that sort of made them the misfit in the world of the stallion. I'm actually quite obsessed with unicorns. They are in essence a mythical creature. The unicorn is born magical and it's not the unicorn's fault and it doesn't make it any more or less special or any less unique but it can't help that it was born with that magic. — Lady Gaga

Take my picture Hollywood. I wanna be STAR — Lady Gaga

My fans are who I am. You give meaning to my life. You will never know the connection I feel to you. — Lady Gaga

My fashion is my most prized possession for two reasons: 1) because it is a visualization of all the hard work I've put in to get where I am today; 2) because it is a legend to the encyclopedia of my life. It is exactly what I've aimed to seep into the artistic consciousness of people all over the world - that life is an art form. — Lady Gaga

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

I thought equality was non-negotiable. — Lady Gaga

I have never had plastic surgery, and there are many pop singers who have. — Lady Gaga

I live between two things-I live between art and pop all the time, — Lady Gaga

They can't scare me, if I scare them first. — Lady Gaga

They say that this country is free, and they say that this country is equal, but it is not equal if it's 'sometimes' ... We need change now. We demand actions now. — Lady Gaga

Be inspired to ignore their ignorant message, and feel gratitude in your heart that you are not burdened or addicted to hate, as they are. — Lady Gaga

If you're laying in bed next to someone that really doesn't make you feel like the goddess that you are, you need to rediscover what it is that you truly want and need. — Lady Gaga

When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful. — Lady Gaga

Don't be insecure, if your heart is pure — Lady Gaga

Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it. — Lady Gaga

I just want to be clear before we decide to do this together: I'm gay. My music is gay. My show is gay. And I love that it's gay. And I love my gay fans, and they're all going to be coming to our show. And it's going to remain gay. — Lady Gaga

My mom and I are very close. — Lady Gaga

Love is an interesting thing. Perhaps I've never been in love before - I don't really know? I think I have. I guess it's subjective in that way. — Lady Gaga

Do you know the feeling, when your heart is so hurt, that you could feel the blood dripping? — Lady Gaga

This is one image. This is one moment. This is one statement. ARTPOP — Lady Gaga

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way. — Lady Gaga

I would rather die than have my fans see me without a pair of heels on. And that's show business. — Lady Gaga

I'm always trying to create something that the fans won't expect. — Lady Gaga

People that are obsessed with hating you, feel flattered. Their whole lives revolve around you. — Lady Gaga