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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. "
Lana Del Rey
Editing
My Own
Process
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" I'm a writer first and a singer second. "
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First
" 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. "
Lana Del Rey
School
Art
Believe
" 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. "
Lana Del Rey
Know
Think
Writing
" 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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Name
Friends
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" I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story. "
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Love
Reading
Nine
" When I walk outside, people have something to say about it. "
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People
Something
Say
" 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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House
Someone
Never
" 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
" I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies. "
Lana Del Rey
Film
Like
My Own
" 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. "
Lana Del Rey
Father
Myself
Believe
" In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee. "
Lana Del Rey
Live
New
New York
" 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
Cuba
Miami
Us
" 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
" 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
Believe
" 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. "
Lana Del Rey
Love
Day
You
" 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
Me
Natural
Strange
" My dancing is Hawaiian-inspired but I also get a little fresh when it comes to my faster songs. "
Lana Del Rey
Dancing
Faster
Fresh
" I don't really have any gimmicks. I don't actually do anything that's strange. I don't even wear weird things. "
Lana Del Rey
Things
Anything
Strange
" I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time. "
Lana Del Rey
Long Time
Writing
Myself
" Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me. "
Lana Del Rey
Me
Career
Enough
" People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day. "
Lana Del Rey
Day
Me
Someone
" If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist. "
Lana Del Rey
Fight
Born
Stay
" I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me. "
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Something
Me
Just
" I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic. "
Lana Del Rey
Believe
You
Know
" I'm personally more struck by visual things more than musical. "
Lana Del Rey
Visual
More
Personally
" My music is a luxury. "
Lana Del Rey
Luxury
Music
" Seeing myself on the screen makes me cringe. I understand that I am that way - pouty. "
Lana Del Rey
Me
Am
Myself
" 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. "
Lana Del Rey
You
Saying
My Own
" 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. "
Lana Del Rey
Love
Life
True Love
" 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. "
Lana Del Rey
Brooklyn
Good
New York