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" I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful. "
Lana Del Rey
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" I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me. "
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" A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York. "
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" 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. "
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" I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic. "
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" I have kind of a funny relationship with movies. I don't have to see the whole movie to get an impression of it or to let it have an influence on me. "
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" I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story. "
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Reading
Nine
" My music is a luxury. "
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Luxury
Music
" In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee. "
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New York
" I was impressed with what someone like Karl Lagerfeld built and did and the house that he made, but there was never really a female figure I wanted to emulate. "
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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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" When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That's what inspired the 'Off to the Races' melodies. That's one of the times when you're feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive. "
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You
" Feeling like you're respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary. "
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Like
" 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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Life
Peace
Plan
" Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me. "
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Me
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" I made that first record in 2008, alongside the EP, but my label at the time waited three years to release it. They thought maybe someone bigger would buy it, but they didn't, so in the end they just released it themselves. "
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" I'm personally more struck by visual things more than musical. "
Lana Del Rey
Visual
More
Personally
" I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies. "
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Like
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" I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange. "
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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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Believe
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" I love to sing and I really love to write, but in terms of being onstage, I'm not that comfortable, which I think is sort of clear. "
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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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School
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" A lot of the reason my look is the way it is, is because it's really easy to put on a sundress every night if I have to perform - or just wear jeans every day and a flannel or something. "
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Every Day
Day
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" 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. "
Lana Del Rey
Desire
Confused
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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. "
Lana Del Rey
Education
Time
School
" 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. "
Lana Del Rey
Editing
My Own
Process
" People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day. "
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Day
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Someone
" 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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" When I put out 'Video Games' in May 2011, it was a 5:25-minute love song; I was surprised when a lot of people said they were listening to it. I was surprised when it went to the radio, without me even knowing how something like that even happens! "
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Song
Me
Said
" I was always singing but didn't plan on pursuing it seriously. 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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City
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" Seeing myself on the screen makes me cringe. I understand that I am that way - pouty. "
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Me
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