“Many people don't allow themselves to love… because there are a lot of things at risk a lot of future and a lot of past.”

Interview with the Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley (1998), Background

2000s, CNN interview (2000)

On how the border between the U.S. and Mexico influenced her work in “Mex factor” https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/feb/10/artsfeatures.popandrock in The Guardian (2003 Feb 10) <br class="br">Heritage and indigenous peoples

Academy of Achievement Interview (1996)

Source: The world goes crazy for Lady Gaga (2009)
Context: I have found that my work has to be both deep and shallow … All of my songs have meaning, all of my clothing has iconography buried into it. But by the same token, it's just as special if you look at it in its shallowest form. A quick moment of melody, a beautiful dress. People think, "Gaga's so sweet", or "Gaga sucks". The point is that it's memorable. For commercial art to be taken seriously as fine art is a very unusual and difficult task. I think that a lot of people don't get it and a lot of people don't know what to make of me. And, you know what? I'm OK with that.

Source: Lisey's Story

In response to Thom Yorke's comment that Coldplay makes "lifestyle music"
Gordon, Devin (2005-05-30), "Hot for Coldplay". Newsweek. 145 (22):64-68

Song lyrics, Bob Dylan (1962), Talking New York

VentureBeat: &quot;Mary Meeker’s annual valentine to Silicon Valley reminds us tech utopianism is alive and well&quot; https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/15/mary-meekers-annual-valentine-to-silicon-valley-reminds-us-tech-utopianism-is-alive-and-well/ (15 June 2018)