Lady Gaga's Inspiration Comes From Real-Life Experiences

Lady Gaga is known for her ability to put on an over-the-top and entertaining performance and her catchy tunes, but where does the inspiration for these songs come from?

Lady Gaga, who just released her second CD, "The Fame Monster," said she never really decided what to write about, but she felt the need to write about what she was going through—her "fears and monsters."

One of her more personal songs from the new CD, "Speechless," is about her fear of death. She wrote the song while she was on tour after her mother called her and she was very unhappy. She couldn't go home to be with her family, and the only thing she could do to make herself feel better was to write out how she felt.

Lady Gaga says that "being an artist is being private in public," and every night she is on tour she opens up her private life to her audience in an entertaining and heart felt way.