Lady Gaga

I'm sure that that does happen. I think it has less to do... Well, okay, let's put it this way. I was authentic before. That was authentically me. I just was authentically splitting off into different personalities all the time. I would say that now...

like who I would be at dinner with you is who I would be in this interview so I guess authenticity is subjective like to say that performance isn't authentic is not really true I just feel like I'm more easily can hold it all and feel

like who I would be at dinner with you is who I would be in this interview so I guess authenticity is subjective like to say that performance isn't authentic is not really true I just feel like I'm more easily can hold it all and feel

I feel confident in the idea that my artistry as a musician is like the most valuable thing about me after, of course, what I have to offer my family and my loved ones. Meaning I would not put artifice and fame as high on the list to go back to your question.

I feel confident in the idea that my artistry as a musician is like the most valuable thing about me after, of course, what I have to offer my family and my loved ones. Meaning I would not put artifice and fame as high on the list to go back to your question.

Yeah, I mean, well, I had psychosis. So I was not deeply in touch with reality for a while. And it like took me out of life in a big way. And after like a lot of years of hard work, I like got myself back. And... It was a really hard time. And it was actually really, really special when I met my partner because when I met Michael, I was like in a much better place when I met him.

Yeah, I mean, well, I had psychosis. So I was not deeply in touch with reality for a while. And it like took me out of life in a big way. And after like a lot of years of hard work, I like got myself back. And... It was a really hard time. And it was actually really, really special when I met my partner because when I met Michael, I was like in a much better place when I met him.

But I remember him saying to me like pretty early on, you know, I know you could be a lot happier than you are. And I just, it was really hard for me to hear him say that because I didn't want him to think that of me. You know, I wanted him to think I was like this happy, just totally together person and I wasn't really yet. So I guess...

But I remember him saying to me like pretty early on, you know, I know you could be a lot happier than you are. And I just, it was really hard for me to hear him say that because I didn't want him to think that of me. You know, I wanted him to think I was like this happy, just totally together person and I wasn't really yet. So I guess...

I mean to share that as a way of saying that I do think it can get better if you are going through a hard mental health time. But it's also something that I have found increasingly harder to talk about. I think I hate feeling defined by it. it's like a ghost of yourself. That's what, that's what it felt like to me. Like, like something I felt ashamed of.

I mean to share that as a way of saying that I do think it can get better if you are going through a hard mental health time. But it's also something that I have found increasingly harder to talk about. I think I hate feeling defined by it. it's like a ghost of yourself. That's what, that's what it felt like to me. Like, like something I felt ashamed of.

But I don't think that we should feel ashamed if we go through times like that. And I mostly just wish to say like, if you have been through something like that or you are, it like, it can get better. And it, and it did for me. And I'm, I'm really grateful for that.

But I don't think that we should feel ashamed if we go through times like that. And I mostly just wish to say like, if you have been through something like that or you are, it like, it can get better. And it, and it did for me. And I'm, I'm really grateful for that.

I mean, it, it sort of goes back to what you were saying about like playing characters earlier in my career. I had to figure out a way to integrate myself fully with my stage persona and like, kind of like inhabit Lady Gaga's boss energy in my everyday life. But, you know, in an empowered way, um, and make sense of like maybe two things that don't make a ton of sense.

I mean, it, it sort of goes back to what you were saying about like playing characters earlier in my career. I had to figure out a way to integrate myself fully with my stage persona and like, kind of like inhabit Lady Gaga's boss energy in my everyday life. But, you know, in an empowered way, um, and make sense of like maybe two things that don't make a ton of sense.

You know, I'd like to think that I'm a kind person, but there's like a ferociousness and a hardness and an intensity that I have on stage as a performer. So I think I had to learn how to hold those two things and have them not be at war with each other. And that's actually one of the reasons I named my album Mayhem because to me that tension is chaotic.

You know, I'd like to think that I'm a kind person, but there's like a ferociousness and a hardness and an intensity that I have on stage as a performer. So I think I had to learn how to hold those two things and have them not be at war with each other. And that's actually one of the reasons I named my album Mayhem because to me that tension is chaotic.

feeling to visit but not one you want to live in 100 that's it that is a great way of saying it and and yet i live in it so i mean that's still well it's part of my truth yeah it is like always a part of me it's just i've learned to hold it and um not like pour gasoline on it you know I used to like just like the more chaos, the better all the time, just living life on the edge constantly.

feeling to visit but not one you want to live in 100 that's it that is a great way of saying it and and yet i live in it so i mean that's still well it's part of my truth yeah it is like always a part of me it's just i've learned to hold it and um not like pour gasoline on it you know I used to like just like the more chaos, the better all the time, just living life on the edge constantly.

And I'm now proud to be like much more boring.