Lady Gaga has said David Bowie is an "alien prince" and spoken about her feelings towards her icon, whom she hasn't had the opportunity to meet yet.
The 'Applause' singer is a huge fan of the music legend and - although she hasn't met him yet - she admitted he is an inspiration in her everyday life.
Speaking on the 'Alan Carr: Chatty Man' talk show, she said: "I have not met him yet, it's okay - you know I'm such a big fan, that it's kind of this weird amazing thing that I haven't met him yet.
"He's sort of like an alien prince. He still runs my universe as well, like, every morning I wake up and I think, 'What would Bowie do?' "
The star also compared herself to her hero, noting "a sense of protection" while insisting she doesn't feel a need to hide behind her image.
She added: "I guess for him it was a sense of perfection. These things he created, it was self expression for him but also a sense of protection for who he personally is as David.
"And for me, this is a sense of protection, I'm not really protecting myself actually because myself is who you see every day, and my inability to rest in one soul is just who I am.
"I've just always kind of thought life's too short to wear one hat, and I don't know if it makes me crazy or not, but it's just the way the f**king cookie crumbles in my house."
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