The pop star gave a talk at Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and revealed that she was unhappy when her creativity did not flow out as she wanted.
- October 30, 2015
AceShowbiz -
Lady GaGa had the very reason to quit music. While speaking at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, the singer said she was being used by people to make money and she eventually learned to say no.
"I have had to make decisions. 'Why am I unhappy? Okay, Stefani [her real name], GaGa, hybrid-person. Why are you unhappy? Why is it that you wanted to quit music years ago?' " she asked herself. "I feel sad when I'm overworked, and that I just become a money making machine, and that my passion and my creativity take a back seat; that makes me unhappy."
She began rejecting requests that don't fit her heart like promotional selfies, perfume sponsorship, commercial appearances and glitzy events to regain her integrity. "It feels shallow," she said. "I have a lot more to offer than my image."
The 29-year-old pop star gradually felt better. "Slowly but surely, I remembered who I am," she said. "And then you go home and you look in the mirror and you're like, yes! I can go to bed with you every night. That person, I know that person, that person has balls, that person has integrity, that person has an opinion."
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GaGa's talk is part of Emotion Revolution project which is a partnership between her own Born This Way Foundation and Yale's Center for Emotional Intelligence. A clip of it was posted to a Facebook fan page.
