Lana Del Rey Quotes

I have always said what is in my heart.

I think people understand me, me as a person and what I went through because I kept it on the plate. I never hid nothing. I was never in the closet. I smoked dope, I gang banged, I did this, I did that; whatever I did it was always out.

My whole act is confession.

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

The art of life is to show your hand.

Expressing truth is hard work.

To write well you must be willing to go naked into the world.

When you lay your life out there, you want it to be as true as possible.

A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook, and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

I've never been interested or particularly good at censoring my experience.

I'm more honest in my lyrics than I am in anything else. It's where I feel the most safe to express myself.

We tap into something when we're honest about what's going on in our lives.

In my music, I bare it all; it's really naked.

I love being gut-wrenchingly honest.

I mean, my stand-up is very honest and exposing in this way. I probably carry that into everything I do.

As I found again and again as a writer, when you're completely honest about something, people respond to that.

I try to just be as real and open as possible.