I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists. I tell them that I was also a terrorist yesterday, but, today, I am admired by the very people who said I was one.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

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

Gaga and Stefani are my nicknames. I guess when people meet me for the first time and call me Stefani, it bothers me. Because it's something that's reserved for only the people who are closest to me. It's not because I don't like my given name; it's that I became somebody else. I became somebody else for a reason, you know. This is part of what my message is - you can become whoever you want to be, to escape your past.

The way that I sing, what I sing about, what I wear, who I am, this is me. I was born this way.