My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me.

I'd wear any of my private attire for the world to see. But I would rather have an open flesh wound than ever wear a band aid in public.

Don't be a drag.Just be a queen.

My new album that I'm creating, which is finished pretty much, was written with this new instinctual energy that I've developed getting to know my fans. They protect me, so now it's my destiny to protect them.

So many will try to destroy me. So many, over and over, coming in periods of greatness. But in this period, I cannot be broken: GAGAKLEIN.

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.

We are not just Art for Michelangelo to carve, he can't rewrite the agro of my furied heart- Lady Gaga 10/22/10

A middle finger is more New York than a corporate ambush. I bleed for my hometown, and I'd die for my fans.

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