229 Quotes by Lana Del Rey

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"There's backlash about everything I do."

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

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

"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."