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Lady Gaga Quotes

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Lady Gaga quotes: known for her unconventionality and provocative work, the singer-songwriter talks about inspiration, love, career, and fashion.

“I’ve always been famous, it’s just no one knew it yet.”

“When I wake up in the morning, I feel like any other insecure 24 year old girl.  Then I say, ‘B*tch, you’re Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today.'”

“And now, I’m just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.”

“It’s sort of like my past is an unfinished painting, and as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again.”

“For being different, it’s easy.  But to be unique, it’s a complicated thing.”

“To everyone who says this is wrong to feel like this, say: ‘I was born this way, baby.'”

“I’m a free b*tch baby.”

“I just… I felt like a freak.  I guess what I’m trying to say is I want to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can create their own space in the world.”

“This is who the f*ck I am.”

“People will always talk, so let’s give them something to talk about.”

“I want women, and men, to feel empowered by a deeper and more psychotic part of themselves.  The part they’re always trying desperately to hide.  I want that to become something that they cherish.”

“Sometimes in life you don’t always feel like a winner, but that doesn’t mean you’re not a winner; you want to be like yourself.  I want my fans to know it’s okay.”

“I used to walk down the street like I was a f*cking star.  I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be, and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.”

“It’s cooler to be strong.”

“You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way.”

“Fight and push harder for what you believe in.  You’d be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.”

“If you don’t have any shadows you’re not in the light.”

“Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.”

“Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded.  Tell them to put on some sunglasses, cuz we were born this way b*tch!”

“Never be afraid to dream.”

“All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear.  For a minute I had fear.  Then I went into the dressing room and shot my fear in the face.”

“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams.  If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.”

“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.”

“Love is like a brick.  You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body.”

“Cuz it’s a hard life, with love in the world.  And I’m a hard girl, loving me is like chewing on pearls.”

“Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth.  Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.”

“Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that motherf*cker’s reflection.”

“I want the deepest, darkest, sickest parts of you that you are afraid to share with anyone because I love you that much.”

“Do you know the feeling, when your heart is so hurt, that you could feel the blood dripping?”

“I remember watching the mascara tears flood the ivories and I thought, ‘It’s okay to be sad.’  I’ve been trained to love my darkness.”

“You have to stop crying, and you have to go kick some ass.”

“It’s hard knowing who to trust with your personal life.  When you cry in your room at night, you don’t always know who to call.”

“Well, that’s your opinion, isn’t it?  And I’m not about to waste my time trying to change it.”

“They can’t scare me, if I scare them first.”

“I’m obsessively opposed to the typical.”

“I’m telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true.”

“Once you kill a cow, you gotta make a burger.”

“When you make music or write or create, it’s really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you’re writing about at the time.”

“Well my music was different in high school; I was singing about love – you know, things I don’t care about anymore.”

“I am focused on the work.  I am constantly creating.  I am a busy girl.  I live and breathe my work.  I love what I do. I believe in the message.  There’s no stopping.  I didn’t create the fame, the fame created me.”

“I would rather die than have my fans see me without a pair of heels on.  And that’s show business.”

“My fashion is part of who I am, and though I was not born with these clothes on, I was born this way.”

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

“As artists, we are eternally heartbroken.”

“Sexuality is half poison and half liberation.  What’s the line?  I don’t have a line.”

“Ignore all hatred and criticism.  Live for what you create, and die protecting it.”

“You will never find what you are looking for in love, if you don’t love yourself.”

“Peace.  It does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work.  It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.”

“I want you to walk out of here tonight not loving me more, but loving yourselves more.”

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

“At the end of the day, you won’t be happy until you love yourself.”

“You are a legend.  Your self-invention matters.  You are the artist of your own life.”

“Just remember:  I love you and love yourselves, cuz, little monsters, you were born that way baby.”

After finishing Gaga’s quotes, read Rihanna’s maybe?

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