Quotes from Lana Del Rey

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

I don't really care about how good a song is, I only want them to reflect what I felt when I was writing them

Dope and diamonds, dope and diamonds, that's all that I want

I suppose my approach to religion is like my approach to music - I take what I want and leave the rest.

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.

No one compares to you, but there's no you, except in my dreams tonight.

I hear the birds on the summer breeze, I drive fast I am alone in the night Been trying hard not to get into trouble, but I I've got a war in my mind So, I just ride

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 believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I'm at war with myself I ride, I just ride.

Who are you? Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies? Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them? I have. I am fucking crazy. But I am free.

I was always an unusual girl. My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.

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.

To be honest like when you work at something for a long time and then coming to a family of people who support what you do hmm... you are very lucky!

My baby lives in shades of blue, blue eyes and jazz and attitude.

I got my red dress on tonight Dancing in the dark in the pale moonlight Done my hair up real big beauty queen style High heels off, I'm feeling alive

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!

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.