Music and visual performance have to influence each other. Designers and musicians have to be the nexus of all things pop culture, so I think about designers when I'm making music.

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

live your eyeliner, breathe your lipstick, and kill for each other -Lady Gaga via twitter

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

Love is the new denim or black

Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.

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

My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

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

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

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.

People forget their faces when they're busy.

You can't argue with insanity. You can stare at it, gaping and incredulous, but arguing with it is futile.

A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother.

There's nothing you can know that isn't known.

Musician' is not a very respected title. I'm not a musician.

Accepting that we are angry is a healthy and appropriate response as long as we don't get stuck in it. Acknowledging it is one way of going through it.

Not even anthropologists or intellectuals, no matter how many books they have, can find out all our secrets.

She was a beefy young woman and, whatever piece of music she was playing, it was definitely losing.

I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.

Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general.