There Is No Shame Like Poor Shame.

As A Kid, I Was Always Mad - Just Noticing The Women At Thanksgiving, Running Around The Kitchen, While The Men Were Watching Football. For One, I Don't Want To Cook, And For Two, I Hate Football. I Was Stuck In The Middle.

Starting Out Really Punk Came From Not Knowing Any Better And Listening To Music Like That, Not Knowing How To Play Music - Well, Still Not Knowing How To Play Music.

For Me The Greatest Revenge Of All Is Having A Happy Adulthood, Waking Up In My Gorgeous Turquoise Bedroom In The Morning Beside A Person Who Really Inspires Me. That's The Best Revenge A Girl-loving-girl From The Bible Belt Could Possibly Have. And, Importantly, It's Healthy.

I Think That For The Five-year-old Watching Mtv Right Now, Lady Gaga Is Going To Be An Iconic Person. In 20 Years, The People Who Are Here And Talking To Journalists Will Be Like, 'oh Lady Gaga Changed My Life, Nicki Minaj Changed My Life.' They'll Be Saying Who Influenced Them And It Will Be Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Artists Like That.

I Always Was Really Confident About Myself, About My Voice, Myself As A Person, My Body, All Of Those Things, But As A Songwriter - I Just Didn't Identify As A Songwriter At All.