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" It is very hard to not be able to engage with people in a real and honest way because they either want something from me, or they see me as something that I simply am not. "

Lady Gaga

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" Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves. "

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

" I began singing in dive bars and really small clubs. I dragged my piano down the stairs, and I went down the street with my keyboard, and I would go to every different dive bar that I could get to agree to let me play. I'd call and pretend I was Lady Gaga's manager. "

" Meditation helps me to calm down. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" It has been hard for me to find it, but I have found love. "

" In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans. "

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" It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star. "

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