Reading Between the Lines

Excerpts from the Vanity Fair article:

But comparisons made to other female pop stars are simply beside the point. Gaga has a much better voice than Madonna, and she's got all those serious Rachmaninoff and Beethoven piano chops...Unlike Cher, Whitney, or Britney, Gaga writes all of her own catchy, catchy, can't-get-them-out-of-your-head songs. She swears she doesn't lip-synch in concert.
The Gaga has been influenced by Grace Jones (who called her a copycat), Isabella Blow, Leigh Bowery, Freddie Mercury, Daphne Guinnes, Klaus Nomi, Led Zepplin, Patti smith, Boy George, Carole King...the New York Dolls, Prince, John Lennon, Andy Warhol, and David Bowie.

I was probably more dysfunctional than [anyone] in our family--I dated a 28-year-old when I was 16; I dated a 38-year-old when I was 19. Actually, I don't even know that I would use the word "dated."..I was living in a delusional world; I wanted to know what the real world was all about. And I used to pray every night that God would make me crazy. I prayed that God would teach me something, that he would instill in me a creativity and strangeness that all of those people that I loved and respected had.
(About Joanne, her aunt that died at 19 of Lupus...)
She was a poet and a real Renaissance woman, pure of heart--just a beautiful person. She died a virgin. And one of [my guides] told me he can feel that I have two hearts in my chest, and I believe that about myself.

My manager Troy and my A&R guy Vincent bought me a 1990 red Rolls-Royse Corniche. Her name is Bloody Mary.

I've said that if there was a movie about my life I would title it "Born This Way."