I don't doubt that the above quote has appeared. I believe that the entertainment/mental programming industry wants you to think that. They would like you to believe that the douchbag is intellectual and artistic and someone that should be taken seriously. Caucasian male members of the New World Order wrote those mental programs (notice I don't use the word "songs").
She has an ear for what the blind masses (that consume pop) likes to listen to.
That is how to sell "popular" music. Easy to remember (and easy to sing-along to) lyrics, chorus etc.
That is why most people of the younger variety prefers to party to lets say pop-music like Lady Gaga instead of Beethovens 5th symphony.
This "phenomenon" is nothing new.
Who cares if she is a good songwriter or not anyways, the thing is, she has become so "popular" with the masses, that we even have a thread about her on getbig, that is not related to her and her music in any way.
The whole "Lady Gaga"-package seems to sell to the masses and is gaining attention from people from many kinds of backgrounds.
The consumers made her popular.
It is entirely up to you if you want to purchase her music, watch her videos on TV, dance to her "songs" at the disco etc
Myself, i pass on her creations and will keep on rocking to Queenryche "Queen of the Reich" and Motley Crues "Looks that Kill" in my basement.