Lana Del Rey Quotes

Why Lana Del Rey Quotes?

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, or Lana Del Rey, is a singer-songwriter from the US. The cinematic quality and a mixture of glamour, tragic romance, and melancholia in her music make her the popular artist she is today.

Her music also refers to contemporary pop culture and ’50s–’60s Americana quite often. For visual media, she has collaborated a lot.

She starred in the musical short 'Tropico' and made the song 'Yong And Beautiful' for 'The Great Gatsby'.

Her music has resonated with many people, and her quotes often touch upon themes of love, heartbreak, nostalgia, and the complexities of human emotions. Many people find her words inspiring and relatable, and her quotes have been shared widely on social media and used as captions for photos or artwork.

What Parents Should Know

• Lana Del Rey has won many awards. Her accolades include two MTV Europe Music Awards, two Brit Awards, and a Satellite Award. She has also been nominated for six Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
• Apart from 'The Great Gatsby', she also worked on the song 'Once Upon A Dream' for the film 'Maleficent'. She also made the theme song (self-titled) for the biopic 'Big Eyes'.
• She worked in 'Charlie's Angels' with Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande on 'Don't Call Me Angel'. This song went on to stay at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

What To Discuss About With Kids

• Discussing how music and lyrics can be used to express emotions and connect with others can be a great starting point for a conversation with kids.
• Lana Del Rey is known for her unique style and individuality, which can inspire kids to embrace their own unique qualities and be confident in their own skin.
• Lana Del Rey's music can be a great opportunity to introduce kids to different forms of art and cultural references and discuss how they can inspire and shape creative expression.‍

Lana Del Rey Quotes About Life And Love

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

2. "A man's ego is just as fragile as a woman's heart."

3. "A touch from your real love, it's like heaven taking the place of something evil." - 'Cherry'

4. "All the pretty stars shine for you, my love." - 'Pretty When You Cry'

5. "And when you cry, I'll be right there telling you, you were never anything less than beautiful."

6. "Come and take a walk on the wild side, let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain." - 'Born To Die'

7. "Darlin', I fall to pieces when I'm with you." - 'Cherry'

8. "Don't make me sad, don't make me cry. Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough, I don't know why." - 'Born To Die'

9. "Every time I close my eyes, it's like a dark paradise. No one compares to you, but there's no you, except in my dreams tonight." - 'Dark Paradise'

Quotes About Personal Life And Identity

10. "A lot of what's been written about me is not true: of my family history or my choices or my interests. Actually, I've never read anything written about me that was true. It's been completely crazy."

11. "And I really have done everything that I said I did do. The rest is just a story that somebody else made up."

12. "As soon as the first person wrote about me, the articles became just blatant, all-out lies. I consider it slander."

13. "Being human is difficult. Some people make it more difficult than others. I was one of those people."

14. "Do you know how expensive it is to look this cheap?"

15. "Einstein said 'your imagination is more important than intelligence,' and I have a very, very big imagination."

16. "For me, the issue of feminism is just not an interesting concept. Whenever people bring up feminism, I'm like, god. I'm just not really that interested."

17. "Heaven is a place on earth with you." - 'Video Games'

18. "Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have — but I have it." - 'Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have – But I Have It'

19. "I believe in the country America used to be." - 'Ride'

20. "I believe in the kindness of strangers." - 'Ride'

21. "I believe in the person I want to become." - 'Ride'

22. "I have a great appreciation for our world's history." - 'Paradise Lost: An Interview With Lana Del Rey'

23. "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."

24. "I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted, and then losing it to know what true freedom is." - 'Ride'

25. "I know now that it's really important to feel beautiful. There is a power to that."

26. "My understanding of God has come from my own personal experiences. Because I was in trouble so many times in New York that if you were me, you would believe in God too." - 'Original Sin: An Interview With Lana Del Rey'

27. "No matter how many people give me advice, I am going to do what my heart tells me to do."

28. "No money, no place to live – I've been in more dangerous situations than other people."

29. "Nothing I ever wrote had a message. It was just my own personal experience." - 'Paradise Lost: An Interview With Lana Del Rey'

Quotes About Success And Inspiration

30. "Being an entrepreneur doesn't make you a rich tycoon and being an innovator doesn't mean that you're successful. It just means that you're interesting."

31. "Being brave means that knowing when you fail, you won't fail forever."

32. "Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness."

33. "Even if you're the best singer in the world, there's a good chance no one will ever hear you."

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

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

36. "Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it."

Quotes About Music And Artistry

37. "God has saved me a million times, so I think He must've enjoyed my song."

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

39. "I already have success. I had it a long time ago. It's nothing to do with my music. Music is secondary, at this point."

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

41. "I believe that there are no doubts about who I am, an artist who loves music, above everything."

42. "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."

43. "I have taken taking my music to labels for years, and everyone just thought it was creepy."

44. "I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies."

45. "I'm not really interested in a ton of female musicians but there is something about Britney that compelled me – the way she sings and just the way she looks."

46. "I'm not trying to create an image or a persona. I'm just singing because that's what I know how to do."

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

48. "I've clearer idea of how I don't want to be seen – as someone who does what everyone wants them to."

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

50. "Initially the fashion world was more interested in me than the music world, which was strange when I first started singing."

51. "It's not like I think my art is inspirations from icons strung together. They're just sort of people who others talk about. I am definitely interested in the masters of different genres, they're talented and popular for a reason."

52. "My songs are cinematic so they seem to reference a glamorous era or fetishize certain lifestyles, but that's not my aim."

53. "New York's architecture alone is enough to inspire a whole album. In fact, that's what happened at first – my early stuff was mostly just interpretations of landscapes."

Quotes About Self-Expression

54. "I only know how to do me, so that's just what I'm going to do."

55. "I was a different sort of child, as half the children are. I was in that category of being free-spirited."

56. "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."

57. "I wish I could escape into some alter-ego, just so I could feel more comfortable onstage."

58. "I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic."

Quotes About Creativity

59. "Growing up I was always prone to obsession, partly because of the way I am, but partly because after feeling so lonely for such a long time."

60. "I am nostalgic of an era I never knew."

61. "I am usually always singing about the same god damn person so I will love him forever but you know, it's all good. It's all good!"

62. "I hear the birds on the summer breeze, I drive fast I am alone in the night."

63. "I just look for someone who makes me feel like life is an exciting opportunity."

64. "I knew I wanted to do something creative."

65. "I learned that there's no reason why people decide they like music when they do."

66. "I love to sing and I really love to write."

67. "I never stopped writing about what was actually going on in my life. There's nothing to hide."

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

69. "I'd liked my first record, it was autobiographical and beautiful."

70. "I'm interested in the gorgeous side of life, but also familiar with the dark side too."

Quotes About Ambition And Success

71. "Everyone wants to sing or act or whatever."

72. "I want money, power, and glory."

73. "I wanted to be part of a high-class scene of musicians."

74. "I was never successful in a noteworthy way, no one wrote about me, and I didn't have recognition."

75. "I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me."

Quotes About Spirituality And Philosophy

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

77. "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."

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

Quotes About Life

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

80. "I've been really blessed to have a lot of romance in my life. It's like my last luxury."

81. "It takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is."

82. "It's amazing what happens when you put your interests out into the universe and make it known what you want."

83. "It's just a relief, really. I'm scared to die, but I want to die."

84. "It's more about, when I found someone that made me feel really happy, that was so different to the way I'd felt before in my life."

85. "It's nice to be able to try and build the life you want for yourself."

86. "Life is a velvet crowbar hitting you over the head, you're bleeding syrup amour, bleeding to death."

87. "Life is awesome, I confess."

88. "Life is beautiful, but you don't have a clue."

89. "Live fast. Die young. Be wild. Have fun."

90. "Love is strange, sometimes it makes you crazy, it can burn or break you down."

91. "Loving you forever can't be wrong. Even though you're not here, can't move on."

92. "Mary prays the rosary for my broken mind..."

93. "Me and God we don't get along."

Quotes About Fashion And Appearance

94. "I'm the gangsta Nancy Sinatra."

95. "Money is the anthem, of success, so put on your mascara and your party dress."

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

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

Quotes About Family

98. "My mum and my dad they both like to sing they have really nice voices and my sister and my brother actually they are good singers too. I've been really blessed actually more than most to have a really good people around me."

99. "My parents were lovely. They've always been supportive. When you love your child, you don't know what to do with someone who wants to do what no one else does successfully. If I had someone younger I loved, I'd be worried for them too if I didn't have guidance to give them."

Miscellaneous Quotes

100. "Bad things happen every day but you're not going to be any happier thinking about them. So I don't think about them."

101. "Be like snow – cold, but beautiful."

102. "Cruel World has been my favorite track from Ultraviolence ever since I recorded it."

103. "Dark and lonely. I need somebody to hold me."

104. "Dope and diamonds, dope and diamonds, that's all that I want."

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

106. "People have offered me opportunities in exchange for sleeping with them. But it's not 9 anymore."

107. "Pick your role models wisely, find out what they did and do it."

108. "Sold my soul long ago, nothing left to choose. I will follow Satan. Dancing in the dark."

109. "Sometimes I wish I was a beautiful machine so I could resist your kiss and not cry when you're mean."

110. "Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough."

111. "Sometimes, love feels like a life or death situation. Losing true love is pretty much as bad as it gets, other than actually dying or losing good health. Most people know that. Most people can relate. It's like the end of the world."

112. "Synchronicites. It's been said that coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous. Synchronicities are a sign of divinity. You breathe in deeply and say: 'I don't want anything. I'm going to let things happen'"

113. "Take me as I am, don't see me for what I'm not."

114. "That love doesn't come easily and that relationships are supposed to be a struggle. Everything else is so hard; hopefully love is the one thing that is actually fun."

115. "The angels decided to shine on me for a little while."

116. "The poetry inside of me is warm like a gun."

117. "The power of youth is on my mind."

118. "The road is long, we carry on, try to have fun in the meantime."

119. "The world is yours and you can't refuse it."

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

121. "There's backlash about everything I do."

122. "They judge me like a picture book, by the colors, like they forgot to read."

123. "We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore – except to make our lives into a work of art."

124. "We're the captains of our own souls."

125. "Well, I mean, taking time for your art is taking time for yourself, isn't it?"

126. "What other people think of me is none of my business. Sometimes, it hurts my feelings, but I have to just keep going."

127. "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."

128. "When I got to New York City when I was 8, 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."

129. "When I walk outside, people have something to say about it."

130. "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."

131. "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."

132. "When I was younger I felt lonely. In terms of my thought processes. I had the constant feeling that I thought differently to everyone around me. So, I suppose I felt lonely for a home. I didn't know where I wanted to be, but I knew I wasn't there yet."

133. "When things get bad enough, your only resort is to lie in bed and start praying."

134. "When you have absolutely no idea what's going to happen to you or what your career's going to end up like and you're just really open to anything, then you don't really have anything to loose."

135. "When you long you can not achieve anything when you repeatedly have to lose all that you had hoped, you gradually become still."

136. "When you're an introvert like me and you've been lonely for a while, and then you find someone who understands you, you become really attached to them. It's a real release."

137. "When your happiness is someone else's happiness, that is love."

138. "Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone. Who had nothing, who wanted everything."

139. "Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful? Will you still love me when I've got nothing but my aching soul?"

140. "You do things so fast, you end up having so many different lifestyles all in one short time."

141. "You fit me better than my favorite sweater."

142. "You're my religion. You're how I'm living."

143. "I don't even do anything in real life. I just sit in my studio and write, I call my friends, I watch television. I don't do anything."

144. "I don't like live television, the only tip I have is just pray."

145. "I feel free when I see no one and nobody knows my name."

146. "I found it hard to make friends in school, because I was a cerebral person."

147. "I guess my strongest recurring theme is honoring love, even when it's lost."

148. "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."

149. "I lost my reputation, I forgot my truth. But I have my beauty and I have my youth."

150. "I mainly let my imagination be my reality. Fantasy is my reality."

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