Be yourself

‘When Lady Gaga performed in The X Factor in 2009 wearing a tight, reflective leather cat costume and dancing inside a giant ten-foot bathtub, she was briefly interviewed afterwards and asked what advice she had for the contestants. “Be yourself,” she answered, without a moment’s hesitation or a flicker of irony.’

 

- Tracey Thorn, Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star, p. 231.