Lana Del Rey Quotes

And I love doing my own projects; that's what I've always wanted to do.

I'm a curious person. I pursue things based on what sparks my interest. I'm not thinking about what role I play. I don't have to be a movie director or this or that. I just want to be part of projects and places that are of interest to me.

What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, 'You'd better learn this.' But I still think I've got a head on my shoulders, and it pleases me.

I just love the idea of going into a room and creating something by myself.

There was nobody telling me, 'You should be an artist,' or, 'You should be an actor.'

I like to learn on my own.

I'm a grown-up and I'm a creative person so I should try to give something to that and see what I can make with that. And not sit around listening to people be like, 'You really should be on an HBO show. You'd be great on an Amazon series.' You're like, 'Thank you, okay. I don't have any offers.'

I am in an extended self-directed course of study. That is, I am in control of my own life.

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace.

I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.

I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.

I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

It is extraordinarily difficult, even in academia, to find a job that will let you do whatever you want with your time. If you are determined to spend your time following your own interests, you pretty much have to do it on your own.

I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.

Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.

I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is.

I went to school for me - I didn't do it to make any sort of statement. So the very first year I was in school, I wasn't there under my own name. It was very incognito.

I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

I was learning things in school rather than learning how to teach myself, which is what you have to do in life, so I just abandoned it and did ceramics for a year and a half.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

Do what you want to do. Do what you like to do.

It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.