Hard Candy Music Reports

On LADY GAGA ……..“I see myself in Lady Gaga. When I saw her, she didnt have a lot of money for her production. she’s got holes in her fishnets, and there’s mistakes everywhere. It was kind of a mess, but I can see that she has that IT Factor. It’s nice to see that at a raw stage”

On her biggest hits ….. “I’ve never been a good judge of what things are going to be huge or not. The songs that I think are the most retarded songs I’ve written, like “Cherish” and “Sorry”, a pretty big hit off my last album, end up being the biggest hits. “Into the Groove” is another song I feel retarded singing, but everybody seems to like it.”

On JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE .….. “Justin is a brilliant songwriter. I mean, “What Goes Around…..Comes Around?” Brilliant. I thought it would be a challenge to work with him. He’s sort of a Cary Grant. I love him. I love working with him.”

On who’s TURNED HER DOWN! “I wanted to work with EMINEM. I dont think he wanted to work with me. Maybe he’s shy.”

On her 80’s hairstyles & looks “It’s ok. It was the 80’s It was a bad hairstyle era. Let’s face it! ”

On Growing up : “I was a geek in High School. I didn’t really have a drink until my first divorce!”

The biggest challenge of her career? “Working on EVITA. It’s a whole different singing sensibility. I had to seriously work with a vocal coach”

On the first 3 concerts she saw ……. “My first show was DAVID BOWIE. My second show was ELTON JOHN, and my third was BOB MARLEY! Not bad right?”

Thanks JP!