![]() But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while. I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up. I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another. I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me. I feel like if you’re a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up. I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent’s house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I don’t want to make niche-oriented music. I don’t want to make money I want to make a difference. ![]() I don’t view myself as outrageous – that’s not the intention. I don’t think that women need to smell interesting. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one. I don’t think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way – artistically. I don’t see myself as ever being like anybody else. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. You have to drive to get everywhere, and when it rains everybody freaks out. ![]() I don’t know why, but I just don’t get it. I don’t like celebrities I don’t hang out with them I don’t relate to that life. I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running. I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn’t want any money from them. I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry. ![]() I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it. I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to – as my father puts it – finally have a real job. I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life. I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me. I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way. Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you’d be surprised, you are much stronger than you think. Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.Įvery video I’m in, every magazine cover, they stretch you they make you perfect. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. ‘Born this Way’ is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.Ĭelebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.ĭon’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.Įquality cannot be reached if fought in a divisive way.Įven if the whole world turns their back on you, you’ll always have yourself.Įvery bit of me is devoted to love and art. A record deal doesn’t make you an artist you make yourself an artist.īecause the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be.
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