I thought I was gonna die. I wanted to BE the artists I loved, like Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol – and I thought the only way to do it was to live the lifestyle.”

— Among the many revelations made by Lady Gaga in her new autobiography is that she almost died taking “bags and bags” of cocaine and LSD at the start of her music career (via Gigwise). The Grammy Award winner also noted that her most “terrifying” trip had her imagining she met Radiohead’s Thom Yorke. Yes, “terrifying.”

The forthcoming autobiography does not yet have a title or release date.