American - Musician | March 28, 1986 -
I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
Lady Gaga
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My audience went, 'Wait, why is she singing jazz? What's going on?' And then they went, 'Oh, because she can. Because she loves it.' And jazz, a music invented by the African-American community, is the greatest art form, I believe, to have ever come out of this country.
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I try to not focus on what people expect from me.
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I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.
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I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.
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The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them.
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This thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it's not separate from my work as a commercial artist; they're totally one and the same. I'm always going to be thinking about what my voice means.
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History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.
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Art is going to make a bigger comeback than ever. That's the upside to things getting challenging.
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I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.
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I've suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life.
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I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.
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