So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool.

- Lady Gaga

The only big things I've purchased are my dad's heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.

- Lady Gaga

Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

- Lady Gaga

I'm really happy and had such an amazing time performing at Super Bowl - wish I could relive it all over again.

- Lady Gaga

I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and through. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one.

- Lady Gaga

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.

- Lady Gaga

I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.

- Lady Gaga

Making your dad happy is - especially for an Italian Catholic girl, I'll tell you - it feels really good.

- Lady Gaga

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.

- Lady Gaga

No press, no television. If my mom calls and says, 'Did you hear about?' I don't want to know nothing about anything that is going on in relation to music. I shut it all off.

- Lady Gaga