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Celeb News: Gaga: "I wanted to stop singing 6 months ago"
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Gaga: "I wanted to stop singing 6 months ago"
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“Lush Life” is about loss, failure, and heartache. Did the song hit you as hard as it did because you’ve had some problems recently? [Lady Gaga had hip surgery last year and in November *parted ways with her manager.]
LG: It’s heartbreaking. Six months ago I didn’t even want to sing anymore.
TB: Do you know what Duke Ellington said? He said, “Number one, don’t quit. Number two, listen to number one.”
LG: Right! The other day, Tony said, “I’ve *never once in my career not wanted to do this.” It stung. Six months ago I didn’t feel that way. I tell Tony every day that he saved my life.
You felt like giving up? Why?
LG: I’m not going to say any names, but people get irrational when it comes to *money—with how they treat you, with what they expect from you. … But if you help an artist, it doesn’t give you the right, once the artist is big, to take advantage of them. … I was so sad. I couldn’t sleep. I felt dead. And then I spent a lot of time with Tony. He wanted nothing but my friendship and my voice. [She begins to cry.]
TB: [quietly] I understand. [He holds her hand.]
LG: It meant a lot to me, Tony. I don’t have many people I can relate to.
What have you learned from Tony?
LG: That it’s important to stay true to yourself. When I came into this with Tony, he didn’t say, “You’ve got to take off all the crazy outfits and just sing.” He said, “Be yourself.”… You know, people wrote a lot of things about my last album, ARTPOP, which was very controversial. If it didn’t grab the whole world the way The Fame Monster did, that’s okay, because I know it’s good. That’s what Tony has taught me, that my intuition is right. When he talks about the 66 albums he’s put out, the peaks and valleys, and how it’s not about having a hit record—it’s the most inspiring thing.
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but didnt
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If it didn’t grab the whole world the way The Fame Monster did, that’s okay, because I know it’s good.
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Where are the haters who said she doesn't stand by her work because it "flopped"? Although now I'm sure they'll criticize her for being confident with what she puts out.
Also, how cute.
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You know, I would post something shady, but I will leave that to some overly-obsessed Katy Kat.
I'm glad she found a passion for singing again.
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You know, people wrote a lot of things about my last album, ARTPOP, which was very controversial. If it didn’t grab the whole world the way The Fame Monster did, that’s okay, because I know it’s good. That’s what Tony has taught me, that my intuition is right.
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This is frustrating to read because it does bother her that ARTPOP wasn't a Fame Monster sized success but she is constantly trying to convince herself she doesn't care and that she's this pristine arTISE. I don't know why she isn't more honest with her feelings. I don't know why she is constantly, con-stant-ly blaming everyone in the world for the way she feels, for the way she performs, for everything.
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Thank God she didn't
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My bias aside, this makes me sad. I'm sure other artists feel like that at some point in their career. The media can be so harsh, but the management apparently is harsher which astonishes me. No artist should go through that.
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Awww gaga
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Originally posted by RomaZzzRoma
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...... because Tony helped her through it did you even read the OP?
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This is so cute. All the people who stan for success should read it
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So fake.
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SHe will bounce back. serve me more DWUW and less the rest of ARTPOP sis
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Originally posted by Eaten By Lions
This is frustrating to read because it does bother her that ARTPOP wasn't a Fame Monster sized success but she is constantly trying to convince herself she doesn't care and that she's this pristine arTISE. I don't know why she isn't more honest with her feelings. I don't know why she is constantly, con-stant-ly blaming everyone in the world for the way she feels, for the way she performs, for everything.
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You know Gaga personally?
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I’m not going to say any names
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that made me laugh we all know she's talking about her old manager
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And here we'll have another thread about Gaga being pretentious because she is confident in her own artistry. Been there done that.
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