<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Lady Gaga insists she doesn&amp;apos;t wear those outrageous, over-the-top getups merely for attention.\r\n&amp;quot;I want to create a space for my fans where they can feel free, and they can celebrate,&amp;quot; she says on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday (check your local listings). &amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t fit in in high school, and I felt like a freak.  So I like to create this atmosphere for my fans where they feel like they have a freak in me to hang out with, and they don&amp;apos;t feel alone.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn high school, the Yonkers, N.Y., native, 23, says she felt like an outcast because she wanted to be like &amp;quot;Boy George.&amp;quot; She adds that it &amp;quot;took a long time to be OK&amp;quot; with who she is.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I want my fans to know that it&amp;apos;s OK,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Sometimes in life you don&amp;apos;t always feel like a winner, but that doesn&amp;apos;t mean you&amp;apos;re not a winner.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nShe also reveals she penned her tune, &amp;quot;Speechless&amp;quot; for her dad, who just had open heart surgery.\r\n&amp;quot;He had an aortic valve transplant,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I was on the road, and I was having a lot of trouble missing my parents and wanting to be with my dad.  So I wrote this song called &amp;apos;Speechless&amp;apos; for him to sort of beg him to get this surgery, and it worked.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nLady Gaga says her papa is &amp;quot;doing better.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-style/news/lady-gaga-ive-always-felt-like-a-freak-20092511>