“You know I never used to be very brave. In fact, I wasn’t brave at all. But you have made me so brave, Little Monsters. And sometimes I like to say that Little Monsters are my cape. Sometimes when you wake up in the morning you feel like you’ve lost your cape so you can’t be superwoman or superhuman or superman or supertransgender.

But YOU…YOU are my cape.

And in the morning when I wake up and I don’t feel like superhuman, I just put my cape on. You have made me brave, Little Monsters. So now I’m going to be brave for you tonight. I want you to forget all of your insecurities. I want you to reject anyone or anything that’s made you feel like you didn’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!

You just remember that you’re a goddamn superstar! And you were born this way! Let tonight be your liberation to all those things!

I used to pick up my leather boots on that street and I would go down the stairs to the 9 train and I’d take the 9 train downtown. And then I’d get on the L train and take it across town and I’d 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.”

-Lady Gaga