Lana Del Rey Quotes

My mum and my dad they both like to sing they have really nice voices and my sister and my brother actually they are good singers too. I've been really blessed actually more than most to have a really good people around me.

A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.

I think the thing I really got from Ginsberg was that you can tell a story through kind of painting pictures with words. And when I found out that you could have a profession doing that, it was thrilling to me. It just became my passion immediately, playing with words and poetry.

Well, I mean, taking time for your art is taking time for yourself, isn't it?

I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.

I'm like a child who belongs to nobody.

I'm interested in the gorgeous side of life, but also familiar with the dark side too.

High heels off; I'm feeling alive.

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.

When you have absolutely no idea what's going to happen to you or what your career's going to end up like and you're just really open to anything, then you don't really have anything to loose.

I'm personally more struck by visual things more than musical.

I've clearer idea of how I don't want to be seen - as someone who does what everyone wants them to.

I don't like live television, the only tip I have is just pray.

I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies.

When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn - I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point - and that was it.

Body Electric... It is the first song from my new short film called #‎ Tropico that is coming out in the end of the month.

When I was younger I felt lonely... In terms of my thought processes. I had the constant feeling that I thought differently to everyone around me. So, I suppose I felt lonely for a home. I didn't know where I wanted to be, but I knew I wasn't there yet.

I was never successful in a noteworthy way, no one wrote about me, and I didn't have recognition. I've met a lot of musicians along the way who thought I was good, and they knew that was important to me. Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'

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

I guess my strongest recurring theme is honoring love, even when it's lost.

I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I'm at war with myself I ride, I just ride.

Every time I close my eyes, it's like a dark paradise. No one compares to you, but there's no you, except in my dreams tonight

New York's architecture alone is enough to inspire a whole album. In fact, that's what happened at first - my early stuff was mostly just interpretations of landscapes.

I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a record label that had no other acts and I signed to them. We sent my demo out to five people and David Kahne got back to me that day, and said I think you're amazing I want to start with you tomorrow. He was like my Harvard reach school, I couldn't believe it. I was really excited. It was the first time anyone of any importance said I was good and I ran with that validation for a long time.

My understanding of God has come from my own personal experiences. Because I was in trouble so many times in New York that if you were me, you would believe in God too.

I was, you know, a mess. I totally wanted to kill myself every day.

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

We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.

Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.

I believe in Amy Winehouse. I know she’s not with us anymore but I believe she was who she was and in that way she got it right. I would say an actress like Lauren Bacall also got it right. She never let anyone persuade her to be something she wasn't. She was strong. She always looked like she knew what she was doing.

I am nostalgic of an era I never knew.

[About her boyfriend Barrie] We kick each others asses. We give each other input every night.

When I walk outside, people have something to say about it.

In the end, I find my influences or inspirations where I can.

Sometimes, love feels like a life or death situation. Losing true love is pretty much as bad as it gets, other than actually dying or losing good health. Most people know that. Most people can relate. It's like the end of the world.

It's just a relief, really. I'm scared to die, but I want to die.

Synchronicites . It's been said that coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous. Synchronicities are a sign of divinity. You breathe in deeply and say: 'I don't want anything. I'm going to let things happen'

It's not like I think my art is inspirations from icons strung together. They're just sort of people who others talk about. I am definitely interested in the masters of different genres, they're talented and popular for a reason.

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

I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

I found it hard to make friends in school, because I was a cerebral person.

Growing up I was always prone to obsession, partly because of the way I am, but partly because after feeling so lonely for such a long time, when I found someone or something that I liked, I felt helplessly drawn to it. I suppose that accounts for some of the creepiness in my music.

Nothing I ever wrote had a message. It was just my own personal experience.

If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.

When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in.

When you're an introvert like me and you've been lonely for a while, and then you find someone who understands you, you become really attached to them. It's a real release.

I sing the National Anthem, while I'm standing, over your body, hold you like a python.