"I imagine many of my fans share a similarly chaotic feeling in their own lives. This album 'ARTPOP was written to make sense of that chaos."

"The Monster Ball is by nature a protest: A youth church experience to speak out and celebrate against all forms of discrimination + prejudice."

"This is who the fuck I am."

"I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true"

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

"I had a boyfriend who told me I'd never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I'd fail. I said to him, 'Someday, when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me."

"Making your dad happy is - especially for an Italian Catholic girl, I'll tell you - it feels really good."

"As artists, we are eternally heartbroken."

"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."

"If you don't have shadows, you're not in the light."

"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."

"Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it."

"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."

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

"I am the center of attention in my job every single day the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that?"

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

"I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy."

"Every year when i travel around the world, i wonder if it'll be diferent, maybe one year won't come to the show or you'll be less festival, but what i realized during ARTPOP is that we belong together and some stories have no end. I will follow you around the world as long as you'll have me because i love making music, i love making art and i love, love meeting all you beautiful, creative people'."

"Take my picture Hollywood. I wanna be STAR"

"When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship."

"No press, no television. If my mom calls and says, 'Did you hear about?' I don't want to know nothing about anything that is going on in relation to music. I shut it all off."

"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."

"Prejudice is a disease. And when they come for you, or refuse your worth, I will be ready for their stones. I belong to you."

"Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it."

"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 think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community."

"Its oke to be sad. I've been trained to love my darkness"

"I like black because it is a vacant space."

"Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away."

"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."

"The dieting wars have got to stop."

"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."

"Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it."

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

"It's hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don't always know who to call. So I am very close to my family."

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

"Just remember: i love you, and love yourselves. 'cause, little monsters, you were born that way baby."