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Lady Gaga has been influenced by [[glam rock]] musicians such as [[David Bowie]] and [[Freddie Mercury]], as well as pop music artists such as [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Michael Jackson]].<ref name="Allmusic bio"/> John Dingwall of ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'' wrote: "[Gaga] says she has been inspired by Madonna and the late Michael Jackson, but her number one inspiration has been Freddie Mercury."<ref name="DR">{{citation|last=Dingwall|first=John|title=THE FEAR FACTOR; Lady Gaga used tough times as inspiration for her new album|newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|pages=48–49|date=November 27, 2009}}</ref> The [[Queen (band)|Queen]] song "Radio Ga Ga" inspired her stage name.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/06/lady-gaga-popandrock|title=Soundtrack of my life: Lady Gaga|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> She commented: "I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name... Freddie was unique - one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music."<ref name="DR"/> Madonna told ''Rolling Stone'' that she sees "[her]self in Lady Gaga."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/10/madonna-tells-rolling-stone-that-lady-gaga-has-that-it-factor-.html |title=Madonna tells Rolling Stone Lady Gaga reminds her of herself. Is that a compliment? |accessdate=October 14, 2009 |author=Snead, Elizabeth|date=October 12, 2009 |publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In response to the comparisons between herself and Madonna, Lady Gaga stated: "I don't want to sound presumptuous, but I've made it my goal to revolutionise pop music. The last revolution was launched by Madonna 25 years ago."<ref name="DR"/> Fashion icon/actress/singer [[Grace Jones]] has also been cited as an inspiration.<ref name="Prefix magazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/lady-gaga-grace-jones-androgynous-robo-future-fash/26057/|title=Lady GaGa: "Grace Jones, Androgynous, Robo, Future Fashion Queen"|first=Alexandra |last=Symonds|work=Prefix Magazine|accessdate=July 11, 2009}}</ref> She has often been likened to [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] singer [[Debbie Harry]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23694934-debbie-harry-would-love-to-perform-with-lady-gaga.do|title=Debbie Harry Would Love To Perform With Lady Gaga|date=October 25, 2009|last=Smith|first=Liz|work=[[Evening Standard]]|publisher=[[Daily Mail and General Trust]]|accessdate=October 30, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/01/lady-gaga-review|title=Lady Gaga - Academy, Manchester|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=July 1, 2009|accessdate=October 30, 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]}}</ref> [[Alice Cooper]] called her style "[[vaudeville|vaudevillian]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704094304575029621644867154.html?mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular|title=The Lessons of Lady Gaga |last=Jurgensen|first=John|date=January 29, 2010|publisher=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref>
Lady Gaga's vocals have drawn frequent comparison to Madonna and [[Gwen Stefani]], while the structure of her music is said to be reminiscent of classic 1980s pop and 1990s [[Europop]].<ref name=BG>{{citation|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=January 9, 2009|issn=02613077|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/09/lady-gaga-the-fame}}</ref> In reviewing her debut album ''The Fame'', ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' asserted "in combining music, fashion, art and technology, Lady GaGa evokes Madonna, Gwen Stefani circa [[Hollaback Girl]], [[Kylie Minogue]] 2001 or Grace Jones right now."<ref>{{citation|title=Lady GaGa: the future of pop?|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5325327.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=December 14, 2008|accessdate=August 9,
[[File:Gagafameball.jpg|left|thumb|upright|alt=A blond woman in a bob-cut, sitting cross-legged on a transparent platform which is full of bubbles and lit from inside in pink. The woman is wearing a dress made of transparent bubbles of varying sizes. She is holding a microphone in her left hand and appears to be smiling.|Lady Gaga wearing a plastic bubble dress while performing a concert on [[The Fame Ball Tour]].]]
Lady Gaga has stated that she is "very into fashion" and that it is "everything" to her.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk"/><ref name="MTV">{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589013/20080609/id_0.jhtml | title=Lady GaGa Brings Her Artistic Vision Of Pop Music To New Album - And A New Kids Song | work=MTV | publisher=[[MTV Networks Entertainment Group]] | first=Chris |last=Harris | date=December 9, 2008 | accessdate=January 8, 2009 }}</ref> According to the [[New York Times]], the [[Global Language Monitor]] has recently named 'Lady Gaga' as the Top Fashion Buzzword with her trademark 'no pants' coming in at No. 3 <ref>http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/the-world-according-to-gaga/</ref>. Her love of fashion came from her mother, who she stated was "always very well kept and beautiful."<ref name="timesonline2"/> She said that: "When I'm writing music, I'm thinking about the clothes I want to wear on stage. It's all about everything altogether—performance art, pop performance art, fashion. For me, it's everything coming together and being a real story that will bring back the super-fan. I want to bring that back. I want the imagery to be so strong that fans will want to eat and taste and lick every part of us."<ref name="MTV"/> Columnist Trish Crawford of ''[[Toronto Star|The Star]]'' commented, "Fashion is her calling card, a way to stand out as unique in a very crowded field."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thestar.com/living/article/749874--this-lady-s-on-fire | title=This Lady's on fire | publisher=''[[Toronto Star|The Star]]'' | work=[[Torstar]] Corporation | first=Crawford |last=Trish | accessdate=January 13, 2010 }}</ref> She has her own creative production team called the Haus of Gaga, which she handles personally. The team creates many of her clothes, stage props, and hairdos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/03/143_40885.html|title=Lady Gaga Burning Up Album Charts|first=Cathy |last=Garcia|date=March 8, 2009|accessdate=March 10, 2009|publisher=Korea Times|work=Janmedia Interactive}}</ref> She has six known tattoos,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/214821/page/1 | title=Lady Gaga Will Rock the VMAs | publisher=Newsweek | work=[[The Washington Post Company]] | first=Ramin |last=Setoodeh | date=September 3, 2009| accessdate=September 6, 2009 }}</ref> among them a [[peace symbol]] which was inspired by the late [[John Lennon]] who ''[[The Guardian]]'' stated was her "hero,"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/06/lady-gaga-popandrock | title=Soundtrack of my life: Lady Gaga | publisher=Guardian.co.uk | work=Guardian Media Group | first=Graeme |last=Thomson | date=September 6, 2009| accessdate=September 6, 2009 }}</ref> and a curling German script on her left arm which quotes the poet [[Rainer Maria Rilke]]:
{{quote|In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write?|[[Rainer Maria Rilke]]}} ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' put her outfits on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Whether it's a dress made of Muppets or strategically placed bubbles, Gaga's outré ensembles brought performance art into the mainstream. (We're still not sold on the hair bow, though.)"<ref>Geier, Thom; Jensen, Jeff; Jordan, Tina; Lyons, Margaret; Markovitz, Adam; Nashawaty, Chris; Pastorek, Whitney; Rice, Lynette; Rottenberg, Josh; Schwartz, Missy; Slezak, Michael; Snierson, Dan; Stack, Tim; Stroup, Kate; Tucker, Ken; Vary, Adam B.; Vozick-Levinson, Simon; Ward, Kate (December 11, 2009), "THE 100 Greatest MOVIES, TV SHOWS, ALBUMS, BOOKS, CHARACTERS, SCENES, EPISODES, SONGS, DRESSES, MUSIC VIDEOS, AND TRENDS THAT ENTERTAINED US OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS". Entertainment Weekly. (1079/1080):74-84</ref>
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