Singer/songwriter Lady GaGa looks so fresh and clean without the usual theatrical pounds of makeup on the cover of the latest issue of ELLE Magazine (January 2010). GaGa confessed she learned a lot from her experience as a waitress and that she wants to be happily married and have kids in about ten years.

The 23 year-old claims her not overly-sexual, eccentric and controversial image was an issue in the beginning of her short successful career in the showbiz. Here are some highlights from Lady GaGa’s ELLE Magazine interview:

On bodily reactions to stress: “I get all the symptoms of a pregnant woman. I get headaches, I get tired, I get blurred vision sometimes during a really intense session with [her creative team] the Haus.”

On being a former waitress: “I was really good at it. I always got big tips. I always wore heels to work! I told everybody stories, and for customers on dates, I kept it romantic. It’s kind of like performing.”

On using her sexuality: “My album covers are not sexual at all, which was an issue at my record label. I fought for months, and I cried at meetings. They didn’t think the photos were commercial enough…The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.” [Lady GaGa Is a Hermaphrodite (Pictures, Video)]

On her romantic future: “In eight to 10 years, I want to have babies for my Dad to hold, grandkids. And I want to have a husband who loves and supports me, just the way anyone else does. I would never leave my career for a man right now, and I would never follow a man around.” [Lady GaGa: Man Or Woman!?!?]

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