“just remember: i love you, and love yourselves. ’cause, little monsters, you were born that way baby.”

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

“I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me.”

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

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