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" Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. "

Lady Gaga

Artist

Well

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Own

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" My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage - they're just not stages you're allowed to see. "

" None of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction - they're always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life. "

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Lady Gaga

You

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" This thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it's not separate from my work as a commercial artist; they're totally one and the same. I'm always going to be thinking about what my voice means. "

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

" I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed. "

" Returning to your family and where you came from, and your history... this is what makes you strong. It's not looking out that's going to do that - it's looking in. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful. "

Lady Gaga

Men

Successful

" I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff. "

" I'm drawn to bad romances. "

" I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances. "

" History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid. "

" I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way. "

" You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much. "

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

Lady Gaga

Vacant

Black

" I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me. "

Lady Gaga

I Feel

Nurture

" I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though. "

" I don't know that you can put a label on growth. I'm just me. "

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