Lana Del Rey Quotes:
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.
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I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba – ‘Lana Del Rey’ reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
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I’m a writer first and a singer second. And then I started editing my own videos when I was 17, so it’s a process I’ve been doing since I was younger.
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If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.
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I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.
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I don’t believe in the school of hard knocks, although I’ve had them. All that stuff about whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger is so not true. Do you know what makes you stronger? When people treat you and your art with dignity.
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Feeling like you’re respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.
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Source: NME
When I was very young I was sort of floored by the fact that my mother and my father and everyone I knew was going to die one day, and myself too. I had a sort of a philosophical crisis. I couldn’t believe that we were mortal.
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I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I’ve had and also the people I’ve had around me. I want to stay hopeful, even though I get scared about why we’re even alive at all.
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In New York I pretty much live in diners – I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.
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There’s backlash about everything I do.
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My music is a luxury.
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People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says ‘Hi’ during the day.
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I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.
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I didn’t live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don’t know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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When I walk outside, people have something to say about it.
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Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.
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