'He saved my life!': Lady Gaga reveals jazz legend Tony Bennett rescued her career and even advised her to delay starting a family



Her most recent album Artpop failed to reach the financial and critical success of her previous records.



And according to Lady Gaga the effects of the backlash left her feeling 'dead' and contemplating giving up singing altogether.



But in a new interview with Parade, the 28-year-old reveals how collaborating with Tony Bennett 'saved my life,' reinvigorated her musical passion and causing her to want to 'take a lot more time before I have kids and settle down.'

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Role model: In a new interview, Gaga revealed how collaborating with Bennett 'saved my life' and caused her to want to 'take a lot more time before I have kids and settle down'

Sporting a voluminous brown curly wig, the Born This Way singer wraps her arms around the 88-year-old jazz great on the cover of the new edition of the magazine.



In the issue she discusses being in a dark place following the relative low sales and media scrutiny of her album, released in November 2013.



'Six months ago I didn't even want to sing anymore,' the Applause singer told the publication.

The backlash: The 28-year-old discussed being in a dark place following the relative low sales and media scrutiny of her album ArtPop, pictured at New York Fashion Week on Sept. 5

'Tony said, "I’ve ­never once in my career not wanted to do this." It stung. Six months ago I didn’t feel that way.



'I tell Tony every day that he saved my life. I was so sad. I couldn’t sleep. I felt dead. And then I spent a lot of time with Tony. He wanted nothing but my friendship and my voice.'



Gaga began to collaborate with the crooner and the duo are now set to release their upcoming jazz album, Cheek To Cheek, on September 23.



But just prior to becoming fast friends and working together, the pop diva was contemplating quitting the business, settling down and having her own little monsters.

Dynamic duo: She and the 88-year-old jazz legend will release their new album Cheek To Cheek on Sept. 23

'I thought I did [want kids immediately], because I was feeling kind of finished with all of the chaos of my life,' she told Parade.



'But then I started to spend a lot more time with Tony, and everything just became simpler, more pure, and more perfect.



'Now I think I’m going to take a lot more time before I have kids and settle down. I just want to sing.'



And that may or may not be good news for her longtime boyfriend, Taylor Kinney.

Right-hand man: Not seen with Lady Gaga were her two loves - French Bulldog Asia and her boyfriend of three years, Taylor Kinney, who returns on NBC's Chicago Fire this Tuesday (pictured September 5)

While the couple has never publicly revealed if they have plans to walk down the aisle in the future, she and the handsome Chicago Fire star have been together for three years.



And with her singing career now back on track, Gaga is back on the road and currently in Dubai for her first ever performance in the Middle East.



The star debuted her artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball Tour concert at the Meydan Racecourse on Wednesday night.

Back on tour: The blonde beauty debuted her artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball Tour concert in Dubai on Wednesday night.





