Lady Gaga not planning to splurge on new home

And the singer insists the creative freedom her phenomenal success now affords her is the real pay off from her years of hard work.

She tells Harper's Bazaar magazine, "I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.

"The true luxury of my success is that I can do it all on my own terms now, even though the roller-coaster ride is still going. (But now) I own the whole theme park."