Lady Gaga

Yeah, thank you. I'm glad I found it too. It was really hard not having it. It's like not a good feeling to have so much trouble making friends. That was really hard for me over the course of my career. Being actually friends with somebody, it's like a very specific thing, right?

Yeah, thank you. I'm glad I found it too. It was really hard not having it. It's like not a good feeling to have so much trouble making friends. That was really hard for me over the course of my career. Being actually friends with somebody, it's like a very specific thing, right?

It's like when you can sit in a room together and not talk and read and you can take long walks and talk about your family. You can obsess over a new recipe and go to the grocery store and go make it. Friendship is not about like... And I don't think it should be transactional, but I think I just was around a lot of that all the time. I was kind of like starved for it.

It's like when you can sit in a room together and not talk and read and you can take long walks and talk about your family. You can obsess over a new recipe and go to the grocery store and go make it. Friendship is not about like... And I don't think it should be transactional, but I think I just was around a lot of that all the time. I was kind of like starved for it.

So it's a big blessing that I met someone that was not like that. And it's good for the music too, you know?

So it's a big blessing that I met someone that was not like that. And it's good for the music too, you know?

Yeah, I mean, that's the lore, right? And some of it's truth, right? People say artists make their best work when we're tortured, but I would really like to do away with that, actually. I think it's super unhealthy for the world. And I think I've made some of my best work and I'm happy and healthy because I have all my faculties as a musician, right?

Yeah, I mean, that's the lore, right? And some of it's truth, right? People say artists make their best work when we're tortured, but I would really like to do away with that, actually. I think it's super unhealthy for the world. And I think I've made some of my best work and I'm happy and healthy because I have all my faculties as a musician, right?

I also think that romanticizing sick artists, it perpetuates this thing that's super negative, and especially for women. I want women to feel like they can be healthy and be happy, that we will celebrate them in their health. But you're right. That is definitely a thing. I feel really grateful that I'm still here.

I also think that romanticizing sick artists, it perpetuates this thing that's super negative, and especially for women. I want women to feel like they can be healthy and be happy, that we will celebrate them in their health. But you're right. That is definitely a thing. I feel really grateful that I'm still here.

I definitely think that my life could have been very different maybe over five years ago. I think I was in a really dark place. And I wouldn't say I made my best music during that time. At all. So for what it's worth, coming from me, I'm not the only artist that ever lived. But from my experience, the hardest times in my life were not the best music I ever made.

I definitely think that my life could have been very different maybe over five years ago. I think I was in a really dark place. And I wouldn't say I made my best music during that time. At all. So for what it's worth, coming from me, I'm not the only artist that ever lived. But from my experience, the hardest times in my life were not the best music I ever made.

I don't know. Yeah, sometimes. Maybe like a song here or there. Maybe I was feeling deeply insecure. Or, you know, I think Chromatica was really hard for me. That was a very authentic dance record that I'm very proud of. And I loved working on that. But it was just a hard time in my life. I think it's hard to feel deeply authentic when you don't feel well.

I don't know. Yeah, sometimes. Maybe like a song here or there. Maybe I was feeling deeply insecure. Or, you know, I think Chromatica was really hard for me. That was a very authentic dance record that I'm very proud of. And I loved working on that. But it was just a hard time in my life. I think it's hard to feel deeply authentic when you don't feel well.

because like you can't like feel the wind at your back and I just wasn't feeling well so it was authentic to the time for sure I wrote all those songs sang all those songs but I think that in terms of like being connected to my pure artistic source I think that there were times when I was feeling healthier that I would probably say those felt more authentic to me

because like you can't like feel the wind at your back and I just wasn't feeling well so it was authentic to the time for sure I wrote all those songs sang all those songs but I think that in terms of like being connected to my pure artistic source I think that there were times when I was feeling healthier that I would probably say those felt more authentic to me

I think I definitely was fascinated with artifice when I first started my musical career. And I thought the use of artifice can be incredibly authentic. It's just the way that you do it. I think my understanding of authenticity is that what's changed for me is it has to be on my own terms.

I think I definitely was fascinated with artifice when I first started my musical career. And I thought the use of artifice can be incredibly authentic. It's just the way that you do it. I think my understanding of authenticity is that what's changed for me is it has to be on my own terms.

It has to be something that I decide because I think for myself over the years, especially because I started out a career in commenting on artifice. And then I sort of traveled into what's, you know, what some of my fans would even call like norm core with, uh, Joanne and, uh, A Star is Born, I think there were some people that thought that that wasn't authentic.

It has to be something that I decide because I think for myself over the years, especially because I started out a career in commenting on artifice. And then I sort of traveled into what's, you know, what some of my fans would even call like norm core with, uh, Joanne and, uh, A Star is Born, I think there were some people that thought that that wasn't authentic.