People Quotes

People want to tear me down, they were going to knife me anyway.

My fashion is my most prized possession for two reasons: 1) because it is a visualization of all the hard work I've put in to get where I am today; 2) because it is a legend to the encyclopedia of my life. It is exactly what I've aimed to seep into the artistic consciousness of people all over the world - that life is an art form.

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.

In my show I announce, 'People say Lady Gaga is a lie, and they are right. I am a lie. And every day I kill to make it true.

It's very tiring having other people tell you how much they dig you if you yourself don't dig you.

Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.

Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess.

People talk about egos as if it were objects.

People don't value their obscurity. They don't know what it's like to have it taken away.

The world don't need any more songs... As a matter of fact, if nobody wrote any songs from this day on, the world ain't gonna suffer for it... There's enough songs for people to listen to, if they want to listen to songs. For every man, woman and child on earth, they could be sent, probably, each of them, a hundred songs, and never be repeated... Unless someone's gonna come along with a pure heart and has something to say. That's a different story.

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.

People think you're crazy if you talk about things they don't understand.

People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.

There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out.

Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.

I've been going to Russia since 1979. I've been going quite frequently, and I've always had a wonderful rapport with the Russian audiences and with the Russian people.

I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats, though.

I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life, I love the food, I love the people, I love the attitudes of Italians.

Black people still call me Prince. Sometimes I ask them, "Why do you call me Prince?" And people say, "Because you are a prince to us." Usually when they say that, you know my heart goes out and I have to say, "I don't mind your calling me that."

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.