I pretend I'm not hurt, I walk about the world like I'm having fun.

Einstein said 'your imagination is more important than intelligence,' and I have a very, very big imagination.

[Could you show us how Lana Del Rey dances in a club?] That would be illegal.

Do you know how expensive it is to look this cheap?

The thing about me is, coming from an alternative music background and singing for nine years, being basically invisible, I'm so used to writing for myself - and at the end of the day, I do it because I feel like I have to. So when I'm recording or writing, I don't have other people in mind.

I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.

Feeling like you're respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.