In a recent video interview with The Washington Post, Cooper gave this surprising viewpoint when asked what modern rocker is most like Coop:

"Lady Gaga is the female Alice Cooper. She created a character named Lady Gaga. She wrote songs for Lady Gaga. Not for herself – for Lady Gaga," he said. "I write for Alice; I don't write for me… And she produced those songs on stage for Lady Gaga. Now there's a Lady Gaga nation out there, and if you meet her off stage, she's nothing like that person on stage. [Laughs] It's like, me either. I'm nothing like Alice. But we created a character that belongs to rock and roll.

"So, she's the closest, out of everybody."