#ericlis

“I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. 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.”

Charli XCX for Billboard Magazine by David Needleman, September 2017.

Lana Del Rey for q magazine by simon emmett, 2011.

Boy, you're so dope, your love is  d e a d l y.

You call me lavender, you call me sunshine You say take it off, take it off...  

Lana del Rey for c magazine by victor demarchelier, 2018.

“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.”

[ Is there a quote you consider your life motto?] “One thing I wish I knew when I was younger is that the answers are within you. Everything you need to know you can access through your own practices and knowledge and the things that you’ve learned. I used to think that other people could show the way. So, I usually say, “To thine own self be true.”