Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it's broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother fucker's reflection. - Lady Gaga

Bare your struggles very close to your heart and have them be a part of you that you’re proud of instead of something that you’re ashamed of.

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist

I have found that my work has to be both deep and shallow … All of my songs have meaning, all of my clothing has iconography buried into it. But by the same token, it's just as special if you look at it in its shallowest form. A quick moment of melody, a beautiful dress. People think, "Gaga's so sweet", or "Gaga sucks". The point is that it's memorable. For commercial art to be taken seriously as fine art is a very unusual and difficult task. I think that a lot of people don't get it and a lot of people don't know what to make of me. And, you know what? I'm OK with that.