2:52 pm - 06/20/2011
As the self-described "Mother Monster," Lady Gaga has become one of the most public and vocal voices in the fight for equality within the gay community. But, as she found out late into her alarmingly short post-MuchMusic Video Awards backstage Q&A, not all of her "monsters" are so pleased about her place among the movement's public leaders.
"I would say that I am just part of the voice." A somewhat taken aback Gaga told a packed press room after agreeing to field a question from the "gay press" at fab magazine regarding her "taking over gay rights." "I've always had gay friends and I have been very involved in the gay community since I was young and I feel a moral obligation to defend my fanbase and make the world a better place."
"If some people don't want to be defined by me as their mother, that's wonderful," she continued. "I don't view it in that way. I view it as being part of the generation, not as the leader."
Celebrating her duel award wins -- for International Video of the Year for 'Judas' and UR Fave International Video for 'Born This Way' -- the fashion-obsessed Gaga also revealed that she hopes to start her own clothing line sometime in the future.
"I would love to have a line, quite honestly I would love to have a line where I could stop making music for a while, maybe a year, and really devote my time to it," the Versace-sporting fashion icon told reporters. "But that's not going to happen for a while because I'm really obsessed with songwriting right now -- I'm already writing new music."
Sadly, neither the recent death of E Street Band saxophonist Clarence "Big Man" Clemons, her friend and collaborator, nor the recent Twitter battle between her fans and fellow MMVA performers the Black Keys were raised during the Q&A, though the New York-based singer did manage to discuss her apartment, which she has lived in since her pre-fame days.
"I wrote so much music in that place, I got so inspired living there. Part of me is terrified that if I leave, the courage and feeling of survival in New York City will leave my spirit," she deadpanned. "[My apartment] grounds me. It's nice to get into the bathtub and there's no hot water. I'm like, 'F---, that's real life.'"
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Lady Gaga Understands If the Gay Community Doesn't 'Want to Be Defined by Me'
As the self-described "Mother Monster," Lady Gaga has become one of the most public and vocal voices in the fight for equality within the gay community. But, as she found out late into her alarmingly short post-MuchMusic Video Awards backstage Q&A, not all of her "monsters" are so pleased about her place among the movement's public leaders.
"I would say that I am just part of the voice." A somewhat taken aback Gaga told a packed press room after agreeing to field a question from the "gay press" at fab magazine regarding her "taking over gay rights." "I've always had gay friends and I have been very involved in the gay community since I was young and I feel a moral obligation to defend my fanbase and make the world a better place."
"If some people don't want to be defined by me as their mother, that's wonderful," she continued. "I don't view it in that way. I view it as being part of the generation, not as the leader."
Celebrating her duel award wins -- for International Video of the Year for 'Judas' and UR Fave International Video for 'Born This Way' -- the fashion-obsessed Gaga also revealed that she hopes to start her own clothing line sometime in the future.
"I would love to have a line, quite honestly I would love to have a line where I could stop making music for a while, maybe a year, and really devote my time to it," the Versace-sporting fashion icon told reporters. "But that's not going to happen for a while because I'm really obsessed with songwriting right now -- I'm already writing new music."
Sadly, neither the recent death of E Street Band saxophonist Clarence "Big Man" Clemons, her friend and collaborator, nor the recent Twitter battle between her fans and fellow MMVA performers the Black Keys were raised during the Q&A, though the New York-based singer did manage to discuss her apartment, which she has lived in since her pre-fame days.
"I wrote so much music in that place, I got so inspired living there. Part of me is terrified that if I leave, the courage and feeling of survival in New York City will leave my spirit," she deadpanned. "[My apartment] grounds me. It's nice to get into the bathtub and there's no hot water. I'm like, 'F---, that's real life.'"
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In b4 the ~she was just lying for attention~ comments.
i find this last album is not as remotely good as her first couple.
dumb comment is dumb. if you don't care for what she says, don't read/listen.
Edited at 2011-06-20 07:03 pm (UTC)
gurrl sit your ass down
bye
Born This Way maybe about loving yourself for who you are, but it doesn't really say "Don't ever change yourself, even though if it's really what you want". If that makes sense.
But related to this, she's been giving interviews all over about how insecure she is about her looks, in one, she says she had been wearing the angular face thingies so her (then)bf would find her more attractive. I just don't get the timing of her mixed messages.
i saw someone with a gaga icon and it looked like she had raisins or something on her face, i asked what it was but never got a respose.
yussssssssssss
The whole Mother Monster bit creeps me out really hard. She's a pop singer, not your parent. The fact that people want to be defined by having her as their mother is just really fucking bizarre to me.
/is gonna get shit from the gaga stans.
LGBT youth are quickly becoming the majority in the homeless population.