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" Seeing myself on the screen makes me cringe. I understand that I am that way - pouty. "

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" In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee. "

" 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. "

" People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day. "

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

" I'm a writer first and a singer second. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's backlash about everything I do. "

" 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. "

" 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 don't really have any gimmicks. I don't actually do anything that's strange. I don't even wear weird things. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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