It seems that even if you're Lady Gaga, you still need some grounding words of encouragement.

"I read Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet every day," Gaga once said. She's shown her love for the German philosopher in many forms, once reading a verse from the book onstage, and she even has a tattoo of a quote of his that reads:

Prüfen Sie, ob er in der tiefsten Stelle Ihres

Herzens seine Wurzeln ausstreckt, gestehen

Sie sich ein, ob Sie sterben müßten, wenn es Ihnen

versagt würde zu schreiben. Muss ich schreiben?

That translates to:

"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?"