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Lady Gaga: 'I would never exist without David Bowie'

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Lady Gaga: 'I would never exist without David Bowie'

Lady Gaga says she wouldn't be the artist she is today without David Bowie. In a new interview with the Associated Press, Gaga spoke about finding out that her latest song "Til It Happens to You" was nominated for an Oscar while listening to one of Bowie's songs, and cited the late musician as the main influence on her career.

"I was up in bed at 3 am to wait for the nominations to be announced and I started to work on the David Bowie tribute I'm going to do at the Grammys," Gaga recalled. "I was on my laptop editing, working, making this mixtape for Nile Rodges to submit to him my idea for the beginning of the musical direction. And I got so distracted listening to David Bowie. It was the first time I started really letting myself cry and be affected by it. And then I looked up and it said 'Til It Happens to You' on the TV. And I had the headphones on, and 'Scary Monsters' was playing and it was so cool."

She continued: "It was a magic moment, because I would never exist today without David Bowie and for him to have been in my ears the moment I saw that... I'm just honored to be here, really, and be recognized as a songwriter."

Lady Gaga is set to honor David Bowie with an "experimental" tribute at Monday's Grammy Awards.

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