- Lady GaGa statistics:
- Her song, Poker Face, quickly became a top three hit in Sweden and a #1 hit in New Zealand, Canada and Australia. Poker Face is her second #1 single, following Just Dance.
- Lady GaGa is ranked #100 in 100 Hottest Blondes of AIM.
- Her album, The Fame, has gone Platinum in Australia.
- Lady GaGa's current fashion icons include; Donatella Versace, Sharon Stone, Casino and Grace Jones.
- Lady GaGa admits to almost getting arrested at a concert because she was under dressed. She wore really tiny shorts.
- Lady GaGa designs and makes many of her stage outfits.
- She learned to play the piano at the age of 4 and by the age of 13, she had written her first piano ballad.
- Lady GaGa joined the Pussycat Dolls in May, 2009 for an Australian tour.
- Lady GaGa is credited for writing all the songs on her album, The Fame.
- Lady GaGa was teased for her quirky, eccentric style by her Convent of the Sacred Heart School classmates.
- Lady GaGa came out as a bisexual in 2008.
- She got the name, Lady GaGa, from Queen's song Radio Gaga.
- Lady GaGa: Writing a record is like dating a few men at once. You take them to the same restaurants to see if they measure up, and at some point you decide who you like best. When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time.
- Lady GaGa: (after being stopped by police when wearing a flesh-colored skimpy outfit) I guess they weren't really pants at all. But it was really funny because you all you saw was this half-naked girl on the street yelling at some cop, "It's fashion! I'm an artist!" It was fun.
- Lady GaGa: (on the Hilton sisters) Paris and Nicky Hilton went to my school. They're very pretty, and very, very clean. It's impressive to be that perfect all the time. In commercial terms, they've been quite an influence on me.
- Lady GaGa: (reflecting on her more risqué days) I used to go-go dance and set G-strings on fire, stuff like that. I've changed my act a little now but it's definitely still provocative. It began as more of a burlesque show. Those days will be back soon, don't worry!
- Lady GaGa: My ultimate goal is to work with fashion designers and do performance pieces on a runway show.
- Lady GaGa: (when asked which fashion trends she enjoys) I am really inspired by the Italians like Gabbana, Versace and Gucci. But I am looking it in that way and trying to make my own.
- Lady GaGa: (referring to haters) I don't really give a fuck at the end of the day.
- Lady GaGa: (in reference to her school, 'Convent of the Sacred Heart School') I used to get in trouble a lot for wearing very low-cut shirts and see-through stuff with bras. And there were definitely some girls that would, you know, drink in the cafeteria and shit like that, and they would get thrown out of school. I never got caught for anything like that. But we were definitely bad kids in a good environment. I mean, I was actually a very good student. I just sort of stuck out like a sore thumb - no different than today. But I value my education a lot. It's interesting because even though in a social way, it was kind of a weird environment to grow up in, in a lot of ways it was great because I'm a really great musician as a result of it.
- Lady GaGa: A friend of mine - who will remain nameless - who is a gay man, he actually taught me to put baby powder in my bangs when I get sweaty. It makes them look fabulous, because I get gnarly when I perform.
- Lady GaGa: (about her song, 'Just Dance') If you've ever been so high that it's, like, scary, the only way you can deal with it is not deal with it, so you just kind of dance through the intoxication. I wrote the song the day after I had just flew in from New York to L.A., so I was taken very quickly out of my party lifestyle. I wrote it instantly - like it flew out of my body. I'd been working on this album for two-and-a-half years, and I was at a crossroads with my song writing. I was trying to be so cool with my own music, but I would get better responses when I would write for other artists because I was not trying to be cool. So when I did Just Dance, that was my way of being like, "just fuckin' write a good song. Stop worrying about what's going to fly in the underground. Worry about writing a great record." Actually, that record ended up being more powerful than any of the songs that I racked my brain writing, and after that, it was an influx of record after record. It was almost like a switch went off in my brain, and I figured out how to write a good pop song.
- Lady GaGa: (on how she became a famous artist) I did this the way you are supposed to. I played every club in New York City and I bombed in every club and then killed it in every club and I found myself as an artist. I learned how to survive as an artist, get real, and how to fail and then figure out who I was as singer and performer. And, I worked hard.
- Lady GaGa: (about her song, 'Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say') It is my simple pop song about finding someone new and breaking up with the old boyfriend.
- Lady GaGa: (about her song, 'Beautiful Dirty Rich') That time, and that song, was just me trying to figure things out. Once I grabbed the reigns of my artistry, I fell in love with that more than I did with the party life.
- Lady GaGa: In my earlier days of writing for myself, I wanted songs to be more complex. I thought they had to be for me to be taken seriously as an artist. But writing for other people, you get to learn things about yourself and take on their insecurities. Now I can appreciate and incorporate more simplicity in lyrics and melody.
- Lady GaGa: My goal as an artist is to funnel a pop record to a world in a very interesting way. I almost want to trick people into hanging with something that is really cool with a pop song. It's almost like the spoonful of sugar and I'm the medicine.
- Lady GaGa: (about the music video for 'Just Dance') I absolutely wanted it to be a reflection of my lifestyle - but through a more pop lens. That's sort of my whole idea: I really want to filter all of my ideas through a pop, commercial lens in order to reach more people – and kind of make a contribution, you know? And for this video, I wanted it to be a house party instead of just doing a typical night club video, which is I think what one might expect from hearing the song. So I wanted to give something that was a bit of a contrast and said something about me and included some of my iconic references – and was also just a really good video that kept it about the song.
- Lady GaGa: (about her song, 'Paparazzi') On first listen, Paparazzi might come off as a love song to cameras, and in all honestly, on one level it is about wooing the paparazzi and wanting fame. But, it's not to be taken completely seriously. It's about everyone's obsession with that idea. But, it's also about wanting a guy to love you and the struggle of whether you can have success or love or both.
- Lady GaGa: (about her song, 'Boys, Boys, Boys') I wanted to write the female version of Motley Crue's, Girls Girls Girls, but with my own twist. I wanted to write a pop song that rockers would like.
- Lady GaGa: I'm a huge fan of Kanye West's record. When he first came out this year [2008] with Love Lockdown, I wasn't really sure, and I listened to it and said, "Gosh, he's really going in a different direction." But it's very kind of Phil Collins futuristic, and the deeper and deeper I got into the album, the more brilliant I thought it was.
- Lady GaGa I'm really free-spirited about love and sexuality, which I think is apparent in my music and even the visuals, which are all very androgynous. But the minute you say something about who you are, people think you're just playing the 'edgy card' and that's not what I want people to think of me as. I want them to think fashion, pop culture, avant-garde, fearless - the girl who brought the straight boys into the gay club.
- Lady GaGa: (in reference to her album, 'The Fame') The Fame is about how anyone can feel famous. Pop culture is art. It doesn't make you cool to hate pop culture, so I embraced it and you hear it all over The Fame. But, it's a sharable fame. I want to invite you all to the party. I want people to feel a part of this lifestyle.
- Lady GaGa: (in reference to Queen and David Bowie) I look at those artists as icons in art. It's not just about the music. It's about the performance, the attitude, the look; it's everything. And, that is where I live as an artist and that is what I want to accomplish.
