Washington
(ANI):
Lady
Gaga
gave
a
surprise
shout
out
to
Whitney
Houston
at
the
2011
Grammy
Awards
on
Sunday
when
she
thanked
Houston
for
being
the
inspiration
behind
her
new
single.
After
accepting
the
Best
Pop
Vocal
Album
for
'The
Fame
Monster",
'The
Paparazzi" hitmaker
said
it
was
Houston
who
gave
her
the
strength
to
write
her
latest
song
'Born
This
Way".
“I
need
to
say
thank
you
tonight
to
Whitney
Houston," the
Contact
Music
quoted
her
as
telling
the
star-studded
audience.
“I
wanted
to
thank
Whitney
because
when
I
wrote
'Born
This
Way",
I
imagined
she
was
singing
it
because
I
wasn't
secure
enough
in
myself
to
imagine
I
was
a
superstar.
So
Whitney,
I
imagined
you
were
singing
'Born
This
Way"
when
I
wrote
it.
Thank
you,"
she
added.