I Love My Friends And My Past,

I Was Doing These Performance Art Pop Music Pieces In The City. And They Were A Bit On The Eccentric Side I Suppose. So People Started To Call Me Gaga After The Queen Song 'radio Gaga.'

I Study Everything That I Do To Become Better All The Time At My Craft. The Beauty For Me About Being An Artist Is That The Dream Will Never Die Because I'm Not Obsessed With Material Things And Don't Care About The Money And Don't Care About The Attention Of The Public But Only The Love Of My Fans. For Me It's About Keeping The Dream Alive Of How Much More Devoted, How Much More Honest, How Much Better Of An Artist Can I Become? That's The Only Fear That I Ever Have, That The Dream Will Die.

Gaga And Stefani Are My Nicknames. I Guess When People Meet Me For The First Time And Call Me Stefani, It Bothers Me. Because It's Something That's Reserved For Only The People Who Are Closest To Me. It's Not Because I Don't Like My Given Name; It's That I Became Somebody Else. I Became Somebody Else For A Reason, You Know. This Is Part Of What My Message Is - You Can Become Whoever You Want To Be, To Escape Your Past.

I Wouldn't Say That I Am One Of The Greatest Dancers, But I Am Really Quite Good At What I Do.

My Fashion Is Part Of Who I Am, And Though I Was Not Born With These Clothes On, I Was Born This Way.