Lana del rey

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

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

I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.

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,...

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

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...

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

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

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