For a few years, Lady Gaga dominated pop music with a unique combo of empowering music and crazy, trippy costumes. With a stage name and the big theatrics, it was hard to tell who the real Lady Gaga was, which was something she was struggling to figure out herself. After a hiatus from music, the artist formerly known as Stefani Germanotta is back, making music and starring in American Horror Story. Recently, she spoke at Yale University about emotional health. The Lady had some really good advice for all of us on the edge of glory:
"I have had to make decisions like, why am I unhappy? Okay, Stefani/Gaga hybrid person, why are you unhappy? Why is that you want to quit music, a couple years ago? I was like, well I really don't like selling these fragrances, perfumes. I don't like wasting my time spending days just shaking people's hands and smiling and taking selfies. It feels shallow to my existence. I have a lot more to offer than my image. I don't like being used to make people money. I feel sad when I'm overworked and I just become a moneymaking machine and my passion and creativity take a backseat. That makes me unhappy.
So what did I do? I started to say no. I'm not doing that. I don't want to do that. I'm not taking that picture. I'm not going to that event. I'm not standing by that because that's not what I stand for. And slowly but surely, I remembered who I am, and then you go home, and you look in the mirror, and you're like, 'Yes, I can go to bed with you every night.' Because that person, I know that person. That person has balls, that person has integrity, that person has an opinion. That person doesn't say yes. That person doesn't get a text from somebody and say, 'Oh my God, they wrote this, and they sent this emoji, should I write this back? What do you think? Is that okay to say? Are they going to like me if I say that? Should I say something different? This is the age that we live in. We're not actually communicating with each other. We are unconsciously communicating lies."
We are all like Stefani/Gaga hybrid people. Here is the video:
Stefani on almost quitting music and getting back to herself.
Posted by Lady Gaga Georgia on Tuesday, October 27, 2015