An exclusive Google interview with Lady Gaga in converation with Marissa Mayer.

Hi, I'm Marissa Meyer, and I'm really excited today to be joined by the world famous, incredibly talented, the 1 and only Lady Gaga.

At Google, we've seen Gaga build her career by embracing technology, including some Google tools, as well as constantly innovating for her fans.

And we're going to get a glimpse behind the scenes to see how some of that innovation works today.

But first, I'd like to play a video to welcome Gaga to Google.

So say it, say it, say it Good, good, good, good 00000 I'll give him heart, show him what I got

B-b-b-boker face, b-b-boker face B-b-b-boker face, b-b-boker face I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa, paparazzi Baby, there's no other superstar you know that I'll be Your papa, papa

waa-a-a-a Roman, Roman, man Get, get, all the love I want

you Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Caught in bed romance Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Caught in bed romance

I just want to say, before we even begin, thank you so much.

When I was in high school, all my girlfriends wanted to get jobs here.

And I wanted to be what they were searching for or putting on the side column, what comes up first.

I believe that's what my friend Mary Haley does here at Google.

I know that there's some really amazing minds in this room and how competitive it is.

And speaking of searches, you are among 1 of the most searched people in the world.

You've been on the top of our 2009 and 2010 fastest rising searches.

We made a portrait here of you taking the millions of searches that have come in for Lady Gaga.

So obviously you've been a huge search star, also a huge YouTube star.

Bad Romance has 360 million views, just that 1 video.

You're actually the most downloaded artist in history, with more than 20 million singles downloaded.

So last week, you opened up a moderator page on your YouTube channel.

54, 000 questions, and more than a quarter million votes in just 3 and a half days.

We have questions that are both in text and video.

We're going to go through those and then also do some questions.

So the first question I'm going to ask came in video form, but it was also going to be my first question.

It comes in from a user of certain resonance.

And we'll go ahead and roll that video question.

Well, my first question that I wanted to ask was, how are you?

I remember in 1 of your interviews, you said that that was a question that interviewers never really asked you and actually meant it and So I wanted to ask you and actually mean it.

Well, I am absolutely wonderful and a little bit choked up because that is why I am still here and why I work so hard.

It's because I really am very blessed to have fans with such a beautiful spirit.

And I'm sure you can see just from that 1 video very much what a lot of my day is like.

I do spend a lot of time on Google looking for fan videos and messages.

And I would say that the only reason I ever mentioned that people don't ask me how I am genuinely is because it took a lot of bravery to get to where we are today.

A lot of people see glasses and shoulder pads and crazy outfits and over the years it was very difficult to do interviews because that's all people would talk about.

So I guess what I would say is I'm doing wonderful now because of how brave that all my fans have made me.

So thank you for making me brave and I hope I can make you brave.

And the next question is about your tour.

So GagaFame11 from the UK asks, do you have any funny stories to tell about things that have happened backstage at the Monster Ball?

There are lots of funny things that happened backstage at the Monster Ball.

I don't like surprises and I don't like pranks.

But I actually, with me, have brought all my friends from New York City on tour with me.

So I have had very few, I should say, famous acts opening.

It's been mostly really underground bands and DJs that I've known since I was 18 years old.

So there's a lot of backstage shenanigans.

Very often they make jokes about my diet because they know I have to stay fit for music videos, so they'll leave like mounds of cheeseburgers and stuff in my dressing room.

So going back to before the cheeseburgers, where you got your start, 1 of your fans, Mystical Maddie from California asks, Where were you the first time you heard 1 of your songs on the radio?

But it's a very different, and it's funny, it's almost more enjoyable now when I hear it for the first time on the radio.

Because at the time in Canada, I had, I mean, many people don't know this about me, because it seems as though when Just Dance hit number 1, it was this big mess of, oh, she became a star overnight.

But to tell you the truth, I had been working so hard, doing 3 shows at night, all day long going to radio stations, doing phone-ers.

The reason we're here at Google today is because the original campaign for my music and my project began with online and media-based advertisements.

So I remember I was in Canada and I was really tired and I was about to go on stage at this outdoor performance.

I actually think it was in Winnipeg, which is where Maria Aragon is from, from that video.

And I remember I heard it and I started crying.

And my tour manager, David, said, how does it feel?

And so now when it comes on, it's a little bit more of a gracious, humbling moment.

So in terms of other special moments, Song Adelaide from Sheffield, England asks, When exactly was the moment in your career when you realized you were going to be an international superstar?

I know that sounds very silly, but even this morning I was getting ready to tweet that I was coming here today, and I got like 50 freaking e-mails like, don't tweet it.

I guess they were worried for security, But I said, I need to market my record.

And so everyone was saying, well, they know you're going to be there.

And oh my gosh, my security is always, they want to shoot me, because I will literally leave the house and go to the bodega down the street where I live in New York, and they're like, where are you?

And because where I live, I have been hustling for so long that it's more just like, you're home, you know, like, everybody's so cool and I guess even though my first album was called The Fame, that was never the ultimate goal of any of this.

It was always that I just really am genuinely a musician to my core.

And a lot of people don't know that about me, but I write every lyric, every melody.

I'm in there with the producers, whipping them to make the new feature of music.

I'm not here to be a superstar, but, so, yes, and no.

I never, ever, there was never a day when I woke up and said I'm a superstar.

So in terms of formative experiences, hugs and kisses xoxo94 from Pennsylvania asks...

You said that in school a lot of people bullied you and didn't like you.

Now that you're famous, have any of them tried to, quote, unquote, apologize and become friends?

There's been lots of concert ticket requests.

And I think 1 of the most awkward things that anyone ever said to me was, well, my, my, how the tables have turned.

But to be honest, I don't have that kind of vengeful spirit in myself, and I never did.

It was just more that, you know, and I say this with so much, you know, genuineness from my heart, is that bullying really stays with you your whole life.

And I know you're using words like superstar and most googled and billions of YouTube videos, but I was never the winner.

And well, I do think bullying is a really big issue right now, especially because it's exacerbated by the technology.

And so I imagine that Born This Way is a little bit about being yourself and how to overcome bullies.

And I don't know if you want to talk a little bit.

What's so funny when I put that song out, because everybody was like, oh, the lyrics are so literal.

When, you know, when you get bullied, you kind of try to there's almost this like emotional poetry that you go through in high school, oh well someday, and you just kind of try to hide from it and be the bigger person.

But Born This Way is about saying, this is who I am.

And there's, I mean, the next single, Judas, is like this very classic Gaga record, but more importantly, the song Born This Way is this gateway drug for the album, and really trying to say in the most literal and honest way that I can, that when I go to the Monster Ball, I see something so fearless and so special in my fans, but I also see something afraid, something that I was, something that I was unsure.

And I really encourage people to look into the darkness and look into places that you would not normally look to find uniqueness and specialness because that's where the diamonds are hiding.

And you actually are a very classically trained pianist, jazz musician.

And 1 of our video questions from Leopard Scar 20 actually is about your.

Hey Gaga, this is Rudy Hernandez, 1 of your little monsters from Portland, Oregon.

My question is, is I was just wondering if you still took piano training and vocal training to improve your skills.

I can't wait to see you again here in Portland, Oregon, and paws up.

Yes, I actually vocally rehearse every single day.

I do a 30 minute warmup every single day.

It's been the same vocal warmup that I've been doing since I was 11 years old.

I've had my mentor, Don Lawrence, has been my voice teacher since I was 11, so it's over 10 years now.

I mean, it's kind of this thing that always stays with you.

I don't know if there's any pianists in this room.

But if you don't practice for a little while, and then you focus on it, you kind of get your chops back pretty quickly.

So what I do mostly for piano is I try to find time when I'm in New York City, or on the road, to do shows and have jam sessions with my band just for fun.

So whenever you see those really horrid photos of me looking drunk at a piano bar, I'm actually rehearsing.

I like to have a couple martinis and play some Cole Porter, and that's just the way I like to learn.

So changing gears a little bit, I actually have a confession to make.

So, I guess transitioning to your style has inspired so many people.

And now what is it about is it because it's a blonde in New York?

And I actually have stars on my face and the long eyelashes.

So many people, beyond just me, millions of people have been inspired by your style.

And 1 of the fans would like to know, Sir Gaga official.

Would like to know, with all the clothes you have, how do you decide what to wear every day and what happens to the garments after they're worn?

It's actually not quite as complicated as some of you might imagine.

I sometimes, I mean, I'll plan months ahead for certain things that I, For example, at the Grammys, the Hussein Chalain vessel, although it's become known as the egg, he wants me to remind you it's the vessel.

That took months and months of conception and I wanted to do a whole performance art piece that began on the red carpet and ended after the performance.

And yes, I do view the vessel as a fashion piece.

But like today, I wore the same black dress because I wanted the fans to recognize me a certain way when I enter the Google building.

And 1 of the fans noticed that they're all on your left side.

So TaylorMonster15 would like to know, why are all of your tattoos on the left side of your body?

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