Lady Gaga on "mastering the art of fame"

The album that came from all that time spent in the recording studio was finally released two weeks ago, and you can be sure that until then those tunes were guarded like gold. A leak of a song can cost a record company millions.

She let us listen to a half dozen of the new songs, but would only allow us to record a few seconds of the title song, called "Born This Way."

"You know when people heard I did this interview everybody asked me the same question, 'What is she really like?'" Cooper said.

"Photographers say this to me all the...'I want to photograph the real you.' I'm, like, 'What the hell are you looking for? I'm right here. You've seen me with no makeup. You've asked me about my drug history, my parents, my bank account.' I mean, how much more real could I be?" she replied.

"People obviously think that you're not being who you are because you are, wearing a lot of makeup and always, you know, presenting yourself in a different way," Cooper said.

"This is what I'm really like. This is exactly what I'm really like. This is the cup I drink out of every day, this is the diamond I put in my coffee when I get nervous. It's not a real diamond, it's fake," she said, as she dropped a large stone into her cup and starting drinking.

"You have a sense of humor about yourself. Do you think sometimes people take take you too seriously? There was that rumor that... sorry. Do you have the diamond in your mouth now?" Cooper asked, after she emptied the cup in one go.

"Uh-huh," she replied laughing. "Yes, people take me both way too seriously and not seriously enough."

In the end, what Lady Gaga says she cares about most is her music. The clothes and the costumes, even the controversies, are all just a part of her artistry, part of the performance her life has become.

Mastering the art of fame is one thing - maintaining that fame is another. The music is what Lady Gaga believes will allow her to do just that.

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[chennal]

why do lady gaga need to "master the art of fame"she is fine how the way she is she can sing dance and everything but that is just my option i will be my selve i wont change for nobody not even once even if they beg me.

[Superdeeduper]

Zzzzz...I just do not get the fascination with this broad. She's a Madonna rip-off artist, though not nearly as original or talented. I fully expect she'll go the way of the dodo soon...I just hope she takes Katie Perry with her...and Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber for that matter! hahaha

[magnumdr]

Lady ga ga is a nice looking woman. Why does she have to ruin everything by dressing like a tramp. I wish that she would clean up her act, she dosent need this to make it.

[Jhihmoac]

I spring from the zany NY Metro art scene, and I like her...If one doesn't like someone's art, music, whatever...Look elswhere for something else that does suit her...

[cuffhead]

The only thing this woman has mastered is the art of shock value. It's amazing what people go GAGA for now. If this woman was around fifty years ago, they would have put her in a rubber room with heavy meds.

[longtree-2009]

it all changed for me when she came out of the closet as gay. just not the same. but everyone is different, everyone has different things that float their boat, or not. she no longer floats my boat.

[IndioEvie]

I am 54 years old, born and bred in Manhattan. There isn't much I like about this city now that its become Bloomtown. But I think Gaga is a breath of life! I LOVE HER, and I LOVED your interview! I am floored at how "holier than thou" and prudish many of your viewers are in their comments I read. It's so funny to me. In the "olden days" in the 70's and 80's, no one would ever shun her! We had David Bowie as Ziggy and the Spiders from Mars, and Elton. Suddenly, it seems, judging from the comments about Gaga...It seems the world has gotten very puritanical and judgemental, as is reflected by the NYC Mayors banning of smoking, salt, trans-fat...and any other thing that little closet-case cares to ban in his realm. And the Chianti Bottle Body of a First Lady, trying to dictate what people should eat? Lets try getting HER to lose her belly and butt weight first, and learn how to stop walking like a farm hand, and THEN she can tell us all how to live and eat. I LOVE LADY GAGA BECAUSE SHE LIVES WHAT SHE SAYS. PERIOD.

[buffiesguy]

The putrid excuse for a female known as Lady GaGa is the poster child for what is wrong with entertainment - and society. Her vile, vulgar persona causes nausea with all but those who stick a thumb in the eye of propriety.

She has attempted to mirror Madonna, and has failed miserably. Ms. GaGa is not worthy of lacing the sandals of Madonna. I actually listened to about 1/2 of a Lady GaGa song, and discovered how ill-talented she/he is.

Lady GaGa's costuming is the rock band equivalent of playing loud. In both cases, when one needs to hide behind costuming and/or loudness, it is reflective of their morbid lack of talent. It does, however, appeal to the fringe of society and the pretenders to this outcast segment of society.

Real talent needs nothing but a stage. Real talent is just that - and it stands alone. With any luck, those who now worship Ms. GaGa will tire quickly of her/him, and she will just as quickly go away.

[pstmartin]

Your interview with Lady Gaga was not only offensive but inappropriate! To think that young children look up to her and admire her work to hear that she "drinks whiskey and smokes marijuana" on a regualr basis was in very poor taste and extremely poor judgement from all the staff at CBS. My 11 year old daughter and 9 year old son were watching the show with me and heard that. I spent the next 30 minutes explaining why drugs were bad and she was not someone they should look up to as a role model. You should be ashamed of yourselves for airing such a segment. But of course it was all for the ratings. Lady Gaga is not someone that I want my children to imulate.

After being repulced, I then turned to FOX News and the Mike Huckabee show who had Tim Tebow on the show. He talked about the importance of God in his life and how God was his anchor. We sat as a family and watched this show. Tim Tebow has the right message I want my children to hear. I will never watch 60 Minutes again.

It is because of shows like yours that the youth of today and tomorrow have no moral boundaries or conscience.

[skeezix06]

I'm amazed you haven't already talked to an 11 year old and a 9 year old about why they shouldn't look to any famous person for a role model whether in entertainment, sports, or politics. By the way, I would definitely include Mike Huckabee as someone they shouldn't look to as a role model.

[Candisagree]

How many preachers have you heard of that do NOT display the moral ethics you are talking about.

[sharkpurse]

some one tell lady gaga to check out mel larsen shark purse only 50 will be made thay are the coolest thing you ever seen