On makeup: "Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside. It's more about just being honest and sincere to the core of what you do."
On whether she ever looks in the bathroom mirror in the morning and think, "Here we go again?" : "Sometimes I do. It all really depends on my mood for the day. But I think the perception that I 'put it on' every day is probably not true. Don't you think that what's on the cover of a magazine is quite artificial?. There's this idea that it's all natural, but everything's been staged to look natural. It is also an invention. It's just that my inventions are different. I often get asked about my artifice, but isn't fashion based on the idea that we can create a fantasy?"
On being a workaholic: Even when she's not touring, Gaga works "about 16 to 20 hours a day. And when I'm alone, I write, I imagine, I create things, and I decide how I want to do my future performances. I don't take much time off. I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy. You know, my work sort of feeds me. I keep in shape by working hard."
On being a loner: "When you're alone as much as I am you become accustomed to your solitude and embrace it."
