Lady Gaga Net Worth

Lady Gaga's Quotes

• [on Donatella Versace] She's iconic and powerful, yet people throw darts at her. She's definitely provocative.
• Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
• I was the arty girl, the theatre chick. I dressed differently and I came from a different social class from the other girls. I was more of an average schoolgirl with a cork.
• [on her style] My grandmother is basically blind, but she can make out the lighter parts, like my skin and hair. She says, "I can see you, because you have no pants on." So I'll continue to wear no pants so that my grandma can see me.
• You must never ever let a guy know how much you like him, because then he'll run in the other direction ... Well, I just sign that when you don't play hard to get, if you're too easy or you come off too eager, they run away so you gotta keep your pokerface on.

Interesting Facts about Lady Gaga

1. Has 14 tattoos: a peace sign on her left wrist, "Little Monsters" on her left inner bicep, a Rainer Rilke quote on her left inner bicep, the death date of her aunt Joanne on her left inner bicep, "Tokyo Love" on her left shoulder blade, a heart with "Dad" on her left shoulder blade, daises on her left shoulder blade, a treble clef on her center lower back, flowers up her left side, a unicorn with "Born This Way" on her left thigh, the word "ARTPOP" on her left forearm, an anchor on the left side of her ribcage, a cherub on the back of her head and the word "Rio" on the back of her head.
2. Her father is of Italian descent, and is the son of Giuseppe Anthony Germanotta and Angelina (Calderone). Gaga's maternal grandfather, Paul Douglas Bissett, had French-Canadian, English, German, and Scottish ancestry, and her maternal grandmother, Veronica Rose (Ferrie), was of Italian descent. Her mother's family is from West Virginia.
3. Go-go danced in bars until her musical career took off.
4. Her many hit albums have spawned multiple award-winning songs, such as 'Poker Face', 'Bad Romance', 'Born This Way' and 'Applause'.
5. Went to the same school with Paris Hilton: they were classmates at Convent of the Sacred Heart.
6. She has been influenced by Madonna, David Bowie, Judy Garland, Grace Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Freddie Mercury, Björk, Liza Minnelli, Yoko Ono, Britney Spears and Michael Jackson.
7. At seventeen, she was one of twenty people in the world to have gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
8. Her stage name, Lady Gaga, is a reference to the song "Radio Ga-Ga" by Queen.
9. Interscope music executive Vincent Herbert hired her in January 2008 as a music writer.
10. She states that she is "very into fashion" and that it is "everything".
11. Her song "Boys, Boys, Boys" was inspired by Mötley Crüe's hit "Girls, Girls, Girls".
12. She learned how to play the piano at the age of four, wrote her first piano ballad at 13, and began performing at open mic nights by the age of 14.
13. Her parents are Joe Germanotta (Joseph Germanotta), an Internet entrepreneur, and Cynthia Germanotta (nee Bissett), a telecommunications assistant.
14. She makes mention of the band, The Killers, in her song "Boys, Boys, Boys".
15. On February 20, 2009, she donated tickets and a meet and greet, for any show on her Fame Ball tour, in the US or Canada, to raise money for Odyssey Charter School and elementary schools in Los Angeles affected by budget cuts.
16. Has a younger sister, Natali Germanotta, who once dressed as her for Halloween.
17. Attended Sacred Heart School, a private Catholic school in New York City. Her classmates included Paris Hilton and Nicky Rothschild. Other former students include Joanna Philbin and J.J. Philbin.
18. Bleached her hair blonde in light of the fact that she was being mistaken for Amy Winehouse by interviewers while trying to make it big.
19. Has a contralto vocal range.
20. Her song "Telephone" was originally written for Britney Spears's sixth album Circus. However, after it failed to make the album's final track listing, Gaga recorded the song as a collaboration with 'Beyonce Knowles' for her second album, The Fame Monster.