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"  Though born as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, you know her as pop&amp;#039;s avant-garde It Girl Lady Gaga, whose debut record, The Fame, is still blasting out of car windows and underground clubs after being released last year. Here, the leotard-loving 23-year-old talks fashion, her next album, and why she has nothing to hide. ELLE:  You dropped out of NYU at 19. Why didn&amp;#039;t you want to finish? Lady Gaga:  I loved NYU, but I thought I could teach myself about art better than the school could. I really felt New York was my teacher and that I needed to bite the bullet and go it alone. I wasn&amp;#039;t interested in going to frat parties and doing those sorts of collegiate things. I was really interested in the music scene and waitressing and cleaning toilets, or whatever the fuck it was I was doing. ELLE:  What experiences did you draw from to create The Fame? LG: I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol. I mean, why would anyone care to listen to me if I wasn&amp;#039;t an expert in what I write about? And the album itself is the story of me and my friends, and, again, our lives in New York\u2014and you either want to know about it and be a part of it or you don&amp;#039;t. I am completely 100 percent honest in what I do and who I am, and I&amp;#039;ve got nothing to hide. ELLE:  What can we can expect from your next album? LG:  Well, let&amp;#039;s just say that right now I&amp;#039;m quite obsessed with 1950s sci-fi monster movies....  ELLE:  Good tease. Obviously, fashion plays a huge part in your live performance. How do you approach it in regard to your music? LG:  I think they&amp;#039;re in tandem. Music and visual performance have to influence each other. Designers and musicians have to be the nexus of all things pop culture, so I think about designers when I&amp;#039;m making music. ELLE:  If you had to perform in one outfit for the rest of your career, what would it be? LG:  Oh! Curse you! I wouldn&amp;#039;t want to hurt all of my other outfits&amp;#039; feelings. It would probably be a black catsuit. Even though that&amp;#039;s very difficult to dance in. Or maybe my Hussein Chalayan bubble dress. That&amp;#039;s even more difficult to dance in. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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