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" 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 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. "

Lana Del Rey

Name

Friends

Cuba

" 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. "

" I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story. "

" 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 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. "

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

Lana Del Rey

Same

You

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time. "

" I have taken taking my music to labels for years, and everyone just thought it was creepy. They thought the images with the music were weird and verging on psychotic. "

" There's backlash about everything I do. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me. "

Lana Del Rey

Career

Enough

" 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. "

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

Lana Del Rey

Visual

Personally

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

" My music is a luxury. "

Lana Del Rey

Luxury

Music

" I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange. "

Lana Del Rey

Natural

Strange

" If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. 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'm a writer first and a singer second. "

" 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! "

Lana Del Rey

Song

Said

" My dancing is Hawaiian-inspired but I also get a little fresh when it comes to my faster songs. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Stylistically, I love make-up. I love doing my own make-up and stuff, but clothes-wise, I actually didn't ever really care. Initially the fashion world was more interested in me than the music world, which was strange when I first started singing. "

Lana Del Rey

Music

World

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