I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
I don't like talking to celebrities.
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.
I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.
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.
To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.
Don't say I hate institutionalised religion - rather than saying I hate those things, which I do not, what I'm saying is that perhaps there is a way of opening more doors, rather than closing so many.
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.
Art is going to make a bigger comeback than ever. That's the upside to things getting challenging.
The blurring of fantasy and reality is something that the Japanese herald in their life, in their day-to-day commercialism.
Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I'm very protective.
I don't know that my schooling was conducive to wild ideas and creativity, but it gave me discipline, drive. They taught me how to think. I really know how to think.
So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool.
I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.
I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.
I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.
Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.