Lady Gaga has been named Billboard 's Woman of the Year, which is slightly ironic, considering she almost gave up her career as a pop star at the tail end of 2014.
When you're going so fast you don't feel safe anymore, you feel like you're being slapped around and you can't think straight.
Famous since her debut single "Just Dance" was released in 2008, Gaga says she needed to take a break to figure out what kind of artist she wanted to be.
People think, 'You can just sit down at a piano whenever you want and write,' but I couldn't write for two f-king years.
To find her center, Gaga recorded a jazz album and toured with Tony Bennett , who became a friend and mentor.