Lady Gaga quotes pt. 219

And I want you to remember that no matter who you are, now matter where you come from or how much money you`ve got in your pocket, you don`t any of that shit to have the fame.

I would say that, emphatically in my career, I am VERY against prejudice and judging any particular kind of people or idea. I think it’s important to be free and full of non-judgment – that is how I religiously and spiritually lead my fans in that way.

It’s been my experience in the industry that I have connected on a much deeper level with the most iconic and legendary people that I have admired. I have not connected with any of my contemporaries. I would say the one thing they all have in common, the legends that is, is that they are the nicest, most wonderful human beings you have ever met in your life. That has freed me.

You see, if I was a guy and I was sitting here with a cigarette in my hand, grabbing my crouch and talking about how I make music because I like fast cars and fucking girls, you'd call me a rock star. But when I do it in my music and my videos, because I'm a female, because I make pop music, you're judgmental, and you say that it's distracting. I'm just a rock star.

I look into the audience and it’s like tiny little mirrors – they remind me of myself. So many of them are insecure, hate their parents, don’t fit in at school, are cutters or have depression. Some of them are nine and just like pop music, some are 35 and are on a night out with the boys – it varies. I’d say there’s a vast majority of them that are troubled, want to fit in and feel like freaks. They want to go out, raise their freak flag high above their head and be freed. The show is a free place for them. I created the show for my fans to have a place to go – a safe place, an electric chapel.

Y'know, we always laugh when we get to some major magazines and they're like 'So, the art direction is: we want the world to see the real you.' and I'm sitting there thinking: these fucking people don't get it at all. At all. It's mind-blowing to me. That's like saying 'We know you're full of shit. But it's fine. We get it. So let's just cut out the bullshit for one shoot'. But you don't really wanna get to know me or photograph my soul, you want to do some version of what you already think I am and then expose something you believe is hidden. When the truth is, me and my big fucking dick are all out there for you. But I'm not angry, I'm laughing. The joke is not on me, it's on you.