Lady Gaga has seen her priorities change (Picture: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
Lady Gaga has revealed she wants to live a ‘life of solitude’.
The 36-year-old pop star – who is one of the most recognisable musicians in the world – has revealed that she’s actually keen to just ‘have time to be alone’.
She told Wallpaper magazine: ‘I’m actually really interested in living more of a life of solitude. It’s really nice to just have time to be alone, and be expansive, and know that you’re enough. I wish I could tell my younger self that.
‘When I was younger, I spent a lot of time alone writing music. But the more successful I became, the more I felt like I needed other people to tell me I was great.’
Gaga remains passionate about writing music, but on the other hand, she has insisted that fame isn’t a big motivation for her.
She added: ‘When I was about 14 years old, I read a book called Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. And I have a [line from the book] tattooed on my arm.
The singer admitted she would still be creating art even if she wasn’t successful (Picture: Amy Sussman/WireImage)
‘I got it in Osaka, when I was 23. “In the deepest hour of the night, ask yourself if you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. Look deep into your heart where the answer spreads its roots and ask yourself, Muss ich schreiben? (Must I write?)”
‘If I wasn’t successful in the way that I am today – I’m very grateful for my success – I’d still be doing it, I’d be on the Lower East Side. I would do it no matter what. Absolutely, 100 per cent.
Lady Gaga is happiest when she’s working (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
‘I know that because I actually don’t spend a lot of time in Hollywood. I might look like I do, because sometimes award season happens and you see me on red carpets. But I’m very much at home working … that’s the thing that really makes me happy.’
Gaga previously insisted that fame and fortune don’t necessarily bring happiness.
During an intimate acoustic performance in 2016, she told fans: ‘Money has been put on a pedestal, beauty has been put on a pedestal, celebrity has been put on a pedestal.
‘I have travelled the world and seen the happiest people in the poorest parts of the world. Their values are intact. In the richest homes I meet the saddest and most depressed people.
‘With this album [Joanne] I wanted to remind the whole world and my fans that the most important things are love and kindness. Kindness is what will create harmony, not celebrity and not fame.’
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