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Lady Gaga opens up on her self education, creative inspiration,  and present and forthcoming albums in the  January issue of Elle Magazine.

Why didn’t you want to finish your degree at NYU?

I loved NYU, but I thought I could teach myself about art better than the school could. I really felt New York was my teacher and that I needed to bite the bullet and go it alone. I wasn’t interested in going to frat parties and doing those sorts of collegiate things. I was really interested in the music scene and waitressing and cleaning toilets, or whatever the *%$^ it was I was doing.

What experiences did you draw from to create The Fame?

I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol. I mean, why would anyone care to listen to me if I wasn’t an expert in what I write about? And the album itself is the story of me and my friends, and, again, our lives in New York—and you either want to know about it and be a part of it or you don’t. I am completely 100 percent honest in what I do and who I am, and I’ve got nothing to hide.

What can we can expect from your next album?

Well, let’s just say that right now I’m quite obsessed with 1950s sci-fi monster movies.…

1950s sci-fi monster movies? Is someone having a bad romance with Ed Wood?  We thought Gaga couldn't get any more avantgarde, but apparently we were wrong! [Elle]

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Tags Bad Romance, Ed Wood, interview, Lady Gaga, The Fame, The Fame Monster