Lady GaGa inspired by volunteering

LADY GAGA has revealed that doing some voluntary work recently helped with her songwriting.

The Paparazzi star lent a hand at an Orange RockCorps HIV Support Centre in Manchester earlier this month and said it had helped her create "joyous melodies".

Speaking to Orange she said she likes to do "everything" she can for those in need, and added: "The volunteers there were so full of joy, so kind and full of love. It was really an amazing and inspiring thing.

"I got to meet not only with the volunteers, but with volunteers that were affected with HIV in their own lives. They have such positive spirits, they were all so happy and looking forward to the future, and there's the sentiment in there that's well-suited to anyone, I think."

And she said the experience would affect her music.

She added: "Yes, absolutely. It's funny that you should say that, because I've recently been writing these incredibly joyous melodies.

"I don't know where it's coming from, I just have this instinctual energy to make happy music. My current music that I'm writing is happy - maybe Orange RockCorps has something to do with that."