Lady Gaga - Brave Speech Live At The Monster Ball Tour

- My

name

is

Lady Gaga!

And welcome

to the last

of five shows

at Madison Square Garden.

I feel so blessed,

you have no idea.

I grew up 20 blocks from here

and I watched every name
go up on that marquee

year after year,
month after month

and I used to dream that one day

I'd see my name in lights.

So, thank you so much.

Thank you for buying a
ticket to see my show.

And for those of you who
didn't pay for your tickets,

I want my money back.

I'm just kidding.

You know,
I didn't used to be brave.

In fact, I wasn't
very brave at all.

But you have made me
brave, little monsters.

And New York
made me brave.

So now,

I'm gonna be brave for you.

Tonight, I want you to forget
all of your insecurities.

I want to reject anyone or
anything that's ever made you

feel like you don't belong,
or don't fit in,

or made you feel like you're not
good enough or pretty enough

or thin enough or
can't sing well enough

or dance well enough

or write a song well enough or
like you'll never win a Grammy

or you'll never sell out
Madison Square Garden!

You just remember that you're
a goddamn superstar

and you were born this way!

May tonight be your liberation
of all those things.

'Cause I used to pick up
my leather boots on that street

and I would go down the stairs

to the nine train or take
the nine train downtown.

And then I'd get on the L train
to go across town.

And I go to dance class and
I would pray and I would dream

that someday, one person
would believe in me.

So when you leave here tonight,

know that at least one person
believes in you.