I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way.

live your eyeliner, breathe your lipstick, and kill for each other -Lady Gaga via twitter

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

Love is the new denim or black

Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.

In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.

My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

Rejoice and love yourself today 'Cause baby, you were born this way.

Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid.

Like a carpenter with two broken legs at the bottom of a beautiful staircase. Maybe I can't climb the stairs, ma'am, but at least let me admire the workmanship.

Music is only love looking for words.

I have spent my life battling monsters. It was only in realizing that I was the monster, and choosing to destroy her, that I could save the world.

Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.

You should do what you're supposed to do and hope that that ripples out.

All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.

A property of an organism enters into its life (and survival) in many different ways, some more salient than others. But there is no simple notion of its being "for" some function.

Inflation is the crabgrass in your savings.

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable.

Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.