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" 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. "

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" When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be. "

" It's honestly true that money means nothing to me. "

" Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world. "

" Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what's underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don't think it ever will be. "

" I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one. "

" I want kids. I want a soccer team, and I want a husband. "

" I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times. It's best not to ask questions and just enjoy. "

" I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point. "

" The darkness, the loop of negative thoughts on repeat, clamours and interferes with the music I hear in my head. "

" I've suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life. "

" Then, when I'm in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it's all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me. "

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

" 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. "

" My whole life is a theater piece. "

" The kindness that's been shown to me, by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it's really saved my life. "

" Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer. "

" I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to. "

" I'm not a sandwich store that only sells turkey sandwiches. I sell a lot of different things. "

" 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 keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another. "

" 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. "

" The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me - from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood. "

" I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically. "

" I never wanted to look pretty on stage and sing about something we've all heard about before. "

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

" There is something in the way that we are now, with our cell phones, and people are not looking at each other and not being in the moment with each other, that kids feel isolated. "

" When there's justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it's okay for me to say those things. "

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

" I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor. "

" 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? "