British Renaissance man Stephen Fry met with Lady Gaga, a singer he’s a big fan of. “I do not write newspaper profile pieces for a living and Lady Gaga is currently the only person about whom I would do such a thing,†he explains, in today’s Financial Times. “With the exception that is, of Steve Jobs, whom I interviewed last year for Time magazine. I am not claiming that Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs are the most important figures in the world and that everyone else can go hang, it is just that … well, some people light your fire in a very special way and I am past the age of caring how good or bad that might look in the eyes of the world.†Wow. Ballsy. In any case, Gaga told him she might put out a Christmas album. (Or, more likely, an interfaith album. C’mon.) “I thought it would be really sweet to do a Christmas release of Gaga and the jazz standards,†she said. “I really want to do it. I’ve spoken to my manager.†Fry comes away from his encounter digging Gaga more than ever: “I don’t know what I expected from this global phenomenon, but it wasn’t the endearing mixture of warmth, wit, intelligence and larky self-knowledge that I found.†Unstoppable, this one. [FT via NME]