Lady Gaga

It's just the way they talk to you about, you know, who you are. You know, I had my own kind of image when I moved to Hollywood and was playing my music for Interscope for the first time. And, you know, they have conversations with you about like, what's your look going to be? And, you know, you're sort of thinking like, it's going to be... Me, you know? Well, how are you going to dress?

Well, I'm going to wear what I usually wear when I'm on stage performing. And it's just the way they sort of introduce you to start thinking about it as a business as opposed to a performance. So I think a lot of my career in a way was like a retaliation against that. I mean, it's no secret that I loved to make waves with my stage performances and my fashion.

Well, I'm going to wear what I usually wear when I'm on stage performing. And it's just the way they sort of introduce you to start thinking about it as a business as opposed to a performance. So I think a lot of my career in a way was like a retaliation against that. I mean, it's no secret that I loved to make waves with my stage performances and my fashion.

But yeah, I think what I was trying to say was that like that way of thinking kind of made its way at some point into the way I approached music and I had to kind of fight it.

But yeah, I think what I was trying to say was that like that way of thinking kind of made its way at some point into the way I approached music and I had to kind of fight it.

You know, were there ever times that I felt like I was being exploited?

You know, were there ever times that I felt like I was being exploited?

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100%.

I mean... I think the, what's interesting is I always feel nervous to talk about this because I'm like, I always feel like I want to say that I'm extremely grateful for the career that I've had and all the blessings that have come into my life. And I also can say with a lot of honesty and truth that

I mean... I think the, what's interesting is I always feel nervous to talk about this because I'm like, I always feel like I want to say that I'm extremely grateful for the career that I've had and all the blessings that have come into my life. And I also can say with a lot of honesty and truth that

Being in the music industry since I was a teenager, like some of it is what you can, like how much you can stand. It's like how much you are willing to give away of yourself. You know, there were like years and years at a time when... the normal routine of daily life just goes away. Things like eating at the dinner table with your family just never happens anymore.

Being in the music industry since I was a teenager, like some of it is what you can, like how much you can stand. It's like how much you are willing to give away of yourself. You know, there were like years and years at a time when... the normal routine of daily life just goes away. Things like eating at the dinner table with your family just never happens anymore.

And being in a room by yourself never happens anymore. Being sort of carted around, told where to go. I'm sure that must sound like peculiar to people because they see you on top of the world and they think you're the boss. But as a woman in music, I would say it took me 20 years to become the boss. And I am now.

And being in a room by yourself never happens anymore. Being sort of carted around, told where to go. I'm sure that must sound like peculiar to people because they see you on top of the world and they think you're the boss. But as a woman in music, I would say it took me 20 years to become the boss. And I am now.

And that's thanks to having wonderful people around me and including my partner, Michael. He really helped me become the boss. But no, I was not always the boss, but I was the boss of my music. I was the boss of my art. And that was kind of the only thing, you know, because if you strike at the art, then no one gets what they want from you. But yeah, it's interesting.

And that's thanks to having wonderful people around me and including my partner, Michael. He really helped me become the boss. But no, I was not always the boss, but I was the boss of my music. I was the boss of my art. And that was kind of the only thing, you know, because if you strike at the art, then no one gets what they want from you. But yeah, it's interesting.

I like wrestle with this, how to talk about it, because yeah, I just... I want to acknowledge all the blessings in my life while also, you know, speaking up for women in this industry that, you know, women when we're working in the music business when we're young, you know that there's like no laws around like who can be a producer and like, Like they're not vetted by anyone.

I like wrestle with this, how to talk about it, because yeah, I just... I want to acknowledge all the blessings in my life while also, you know, speaking up for women in this industry that, you know, women when we're working in the music business when we're young, you know that there's like no laws around like who can be a producer and like, Like they're not vetted by anyone.

So like when you're 17 years old and you are invited into a studio, like you have like no protection at all. Like you don't know where you're going. You may not even have an adult in the room with you other than the person that you're working with. It's just, it's not the safest industry anymore.