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Originally posted by Bibliotheque
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Thanks for posting.
I love these new interviews. She's explaining herself so well.
Lady Gaga: The message of Born This Way? Well, although the lyrics are quite simple, it's quite complex in message. I always feel that in music, the best way to do it is to say it simple. And I wanted the song to be really direct. I didn't want to sugarcoat it with metaphors. I didn't want to do any poetic wizardry with the lyrics. I wanted to say exactly what I mean. I wanted everyone to challenge themselves to imagine a world with a new race - a race within the race of humanity, a race that bears no prejudice. I really wanted to challenge ourselves to dream of this new utopia where we all live in harmony and be free of judgement. I feel very in touch with the disenfranchised communities of the young people all over the world. It's not just for them but for everyone. I think everyone in their life feels insecure at some point and this was the time for me to write this song because I now have a platform upon which I am some kind of a 'role-model' and I wanted to do the right thing. This song is so much bigger than me, way bigger than me actually. So many people could have sung it, you know. It's not just a Gaga record or a record for myself. It's something I could have heard so many powerful women singing over the years.
Lady Gaga: But it's also not just about being gay. It's just about this idea of equality for all. When I spoke recently on the repeal of the don't-ask-don't-tell policy, I spoke specifically about equality being the prime rib of the American cut of meat. And that all Americans don't get to enjoy the finest cut of meat the country has to offer. That is removed of sexual orientation. It's just rights.
