On being 50 pounds lighter:
“I’d say the greatest challenge of my life, to have gained 50 pounds, and actually I got on the scale today and it said that I am 50 pounds down so that made me like so excited.”
On her confidence… “…I’m confident in who I am. I’ve come to a place in my life where I’ve accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That’s just the way I’ve always tried to be. It didn’t change when I became a star.”
On whether she considers herself to be beautiful… “Not conventionally beautiful. If there was some sort of mathematical equation for beauty, I don’t know if I would be the algorithm. I’ve always been OK with that. I’m not a supermodel. That’s not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what’s happening on the outside."
On why being beautiful causes her to layer all those costumes… “Because it can actually get in the way. So in some ways, the outfits—these creations are because I don’t want to face the reality of what people want from a female pop star. Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what’s underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don’t think it ever will be.”
On being an artist… “I’m quite excited to get into an artistic conversation. An artist is the only thing I want to be. I only want my freedom and my creativity. It’s all that I live for. I reject the idea that I have to take all [the costumes and make up] off to be f--king authentic.”
On whether she is Gaga or Stefani when she’s at home… “I’m both all the time. 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.”
On her Born This Way Foundation… “The foundation is everything that I’ve ever believed in. My ambition was never to rule the world. It was always to change the world. And once I started to become more and more successful, this voice in the back of my mind was telling me to make sure that I staked my claim as a person. The Born This Way Foundation isn’t about money at all. It’s about communities, people coming together. It’s about kids telling their stories to one another, and finding a sense of home by breeding compassion, making it cool to be that kind of person. I truly believe that people can find a happier way, if they are aware of the stories of people around them—people who share similar challenges and similar fears.”
On her new album: “Having a self titled album was a big deal for me. I really tried to cover a wide range of topics lyrically on this album which is why there is everything from pop to rock, ballads, electronic, and stripped down musical. I tried to go deeper on this record and really express myself.”
On working with her husband Chad Kroeger: “Chad is extremely talented and it was amazing to work side by side with someone you love. He really puts so much into everything he does and ‘Let Me Go’ is no exception. There wasn’t really one point when we realized it wasn’t just a work relationship anymore. We just kind of started to show feelings for each other and that was really it. There was no turning back for either of us.”
On the inspiration behind ‘Let Me Go’: “This song started out as each of us saying goodbye to our pasts, it was ‘Let It Go’… but then we ended up changing the chorus to ‘Let Me Go’ because it just evolved that way.”
On her upcoming tour: “I just announced my China, Japan and south east Asia dates in February and March 2014. I am really looking forward to this tour.”
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