Quotes by Lana Del Rey

About Lana Del Rey:

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant is an American singer, songwriter and model. Del Rey started songwriting at the age of 18 and signed her first recording contract with 5 Points Records in 2007, releasing her first digital album Lana Del Ray in January 2010. Del Rey bought herself out of the contract with 5 Points Records in April 2010. She signed a joint contract with Interscope, Polydor, and Stranger Records in July 2011.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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

Lana Del Rey

Every night I used to pray that I’d find my people, and finally I did on the open road. We had nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore, except to make our lives into a work of art.

Lana Del Rey

And I remember when I met him, it was so clear that he was the only one for me. We both knew it, right away. And as the years went on, things got more difficult – we were faced with more challenges. I begged him to stay. Try to remember what we had...

Lana Del Rey

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

Lana Del Rey

Think I'll miss you forever, Like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky.

Lana Del Rey

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

Lana Del Rey

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

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 ...

Lana Del Rey

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

Lana Del Rey

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 th...

Lana Del Rey

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

Lana Del Rey

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

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.

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.

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. I want to stay hopeful, even though I get scared about why we're even alive at all.

Lana Del Rey

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.

Lana Del Rey

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

Lana Del Rey

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 el...

Lana Del Rey

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

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

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

Author Bio

  • NameLana Del Rey
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • AliasesLizzy Grant; May Jailer
  • BornJune 21, 1985
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Composer