This evening on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show Lady Gaga’s chatted freely, see her quotes ahead of a the full interview airing on his show this Thursday 20th October.
On hard life lessons from Stevie, and Elton John
Gaga: When Stevie Wonder hugs you and goes, “girl, you gotta stop smoking them cigarettes girl.” Oh yeah, or Tony [Bennett], “You’re spoiling your gift. You’re spoiling your gift, don’t do that lady. Lady, don't do that.” And then I got Elton. Oh God, I mean talk abut the trilogy of heartbreak. That’s it right there, Elton, Stevie and Tony Bennett telling you to stop smoking.
Zane: What’s the best bit advice Elton ever gave you?
Gaga: To get sober.
On perfect illusion:
I don’t date the same way my friends date. I see my friends dating on the internet and Instagram and everything everybody go through and man is it rough. I see my friend going “Well, he told me he was here and looks whats going on. Whats this post?” They’re looking at Instagrams ruining relationships, SnapChat’s ruining relationships, and Twitter and all of that. It’s like people are subliminally telling each other stuff through social media about what they feel about each other and it’s all a perfect illusion. The real stuff is what we do in the room together when we look in each others eyes and all that floats away because let me tell you something, the internet is just like the Earth in a way. We’re going to destroy it.
On life before fame:
Letting go of who I was before and I don't mean becoming Lady Gaga and leaving that behind, that’s not what I mean by that. What I mean is that my life is different now I cant walk down the street the same way and be me. When I meet people they aren't always interested in speaking to me about real human things like we are right now. They want to know about superficial things, they want a photo, or a selfie, or a Snapchat or Instagram or Insta-snap story or whatever it is they want. I just went jazz. You got kids with like 9 Go-Pros attached to their heads and —yeah it’s the fame monsters in a way. I had to reckon for myself that my life would never be the way that it was and I loved being that girl who walked down the street on the lower Eastside that nobody knew. I loved being that girl just rolled in from club to club and played my music and discovered new people and had a community with artist. I don't and I’ve never felt a connection to Hollywood and even though I’ve written about fame and you see me in Hollywood, I still feel very grounded in my family. I don't feel ever that I want to transition into a different type of me.
