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.

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.

When you're around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it's not strange, it's just Gaga.

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

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.

I just want to keep writing music.

I don't want to make niche-oriented music.

I write music every day.

Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.

Pop music will never be low brow.

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

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.

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.

When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl.

I don't care about money.

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.

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

You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.

My mom and I are very close.