LOS ANGELES: Lady Gaga claims she was always ''different'' to other people but could always rely on the support of her parents.

Lady Gaga was never a "normal" child.

The 'Poker Face' singer admits she was very different to other kids her age when she was growing up and even her parents noticed she wasn't the same as everyone else.

The eccentric star said: "My mother is the strongest person on the planet. My parents always knew I was different, I was never a normal kid. I talked differently. My dad used to say, 'Just get to the point.' I do that with my lyrics now. It's a testament when you achieve things like that when you're young. My parents really supported me."

The 23-year-old blonde - famed for her outrageous fashion sense - also insisted she has always dressed glamorously, even when she wasn't famous.

She said: "I believe in living a glamorous lifestyle, I am a glamorous woman, but it has nothing to do with money and it has nothing to do with cameras - I was this way before all of this. You can be whoever you choose to become in the future, just do it. Just see it and visualise it and every day of your life project that about yourself."