Memorable Lana Del Rey Quotes

[DeadAgainst 1,519]

Children of the Bad Revolution

 

 

Drop it like it's hot

 

 

In the pale moonlight

 

[TrailerParkDarling 5,704]

Party Dress

 

Oh my my oh hell yes honey put on that party dress- tom petty

[GodBlessMe 2,143]

Summertime sadness: "Dancing in the dark in the pale moonlight"

 

"Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen.

[silver starlet 1,379]

"He's my drugstore cowboy, Italian alloy"  from the movie title Drugstore Cowboy  ...if that counts

theres also a movie called Driving In Cars With Boys (sry if someone already posted that)

[Poison Ivy 1,591]

"A man who makes a beast out of himself got nothing to lose" from Tired of Singing the Blues is probably a 're-adaptation' of "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." (a quote from Samuel Johnson)

 

"Man makes plans and God laughs" from Starry Eyed is an Yiddish proverb apparently "Man plans and God laughs."

 

The "ghost in your machine" from She's Not Me is a quote from Ryle (the idea of the 'ghost' in the 'machine' - soul in a body) but it's actually supposed to show how dumb Descartes sounds with his mind-body dualism because philosophers are dicks like that. I wouldn't say the way Lana uses it makes much sense but she did metaphysics not philosophy of the mind after all  lucky her

[DeadAgainst 1,519]

David Bowie, "Changes" -- "Let's ch-ch-change our DNA"

 

"Let's take Jesus off the dashboard" reminds me of "Turn the holy pictures so they face the wall" from Bowie's "Ricochet" but that is probably coincidental

 

But the track before that on Let's Dance is "Without You"--"C-c-can you hear me" (Major Tom)? I can be your "China Girl," 'cause "Criminal(s Run the) World"

 

The "ghost in your machine" from She's Not Me is a quote from Ryle (the idea of the 'ghost' in the 'machine' - soul in a body) but it's actually supposed to show how dumb Descartes sounds with his mind-body dualism because philosophers are dicks like that. I wouldn't say the way Lana uses it makes much sense but she did metaphysics not philosophy of the mind after all  lucky her

 

She seems to be speaking as "soul" (anima) inhabiting the "body" of her lover (in that and a few other songs), so it makes perfect sense in a metaphysical sort of way

 

Perhaps she was deliberately refuting Ryle by asserting that Soul will always be part of the equation

[Poison Ivy 1,591]

 

 

She seems to be speaking as "soul" (anima) inhabiting the "body" of her lover (in that and a few other songs), so it makes perfect sense in a metaphysical sort of way

 

Perhaps she was deliberately refuting Ryle by asserting that Soul will always be part of the equation

 

Ha, that's really interesting, it certainly puts the song in a different light for me - much deeper than I thought of it anyway. Initially I thought it doesn't make sense for her to be the soul in his body but I 'get' it now. 

[TrailerParkDarling 5,704]

"four alarm fire"~ dangerous girl

"not since bonnie and clyde have two kids been so good at being bad bad bad"~ live or die

 

comes from this trailer

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AIbZDBC8tk

[TrailerParkDarling 5,704]

i paint my lips red to seem like cherries in the spring- Black beauty

 

strawberries, cherries, and an angels kiss in spring - summer wine 

[Jazzmin 302]

"Put The Radio On" - "Sugar and spice, everything nice", it seems to come from this nursery rhyme. (?)

 

Already mentioned many times in other threads, "Ultraviolence": "He hit me and it felt like a kiss"  - from the song by The Crystals

[BabyTonight 77]

The address Lana gives in  "TV in Black and White", "One Greenwich  Avenue" is actually a flower shop in NYC.

Thanks. Didn't know this, I wanna visit one day. I love that song so much. So nice finding this fact out about that lyric. 

[GodBlessMe 2,143]

"They're disgusting, I'm delicious"

-William Shakespeare

[longtimeman 9,184]

"They're disgusting, I'm delicious"

-William Shakespeare

I thought this was from the bible.

[UltraModernGirl 5,035]

Question for the culture

[misselectrarockwell 795]

this isn’t a very original thought so if a thread has already been made feel free to merge it!

 

Do you have a quote, line or song lyric Lana has said that has really stuck with you or something you think of often? It can be from a music video, interview, instagram comment or song. She’s so well spoken so  thought this might make a good thread!  

[jaesana 4,481]

If everybody likes it maybe it’s not that good

 

[Deadly Nightshade 13,168]

life is beautiful but you don't have a clue for some reason has stuck with me since 2014

even though it's such a melancholic line, it reminded me to not be so pessimistic during difficult periods of my life 

[Super Movie 52,185]

It's not sentimental but I think about "I'm not a furry...you guys are gross" frequently

[Beautiful Loser 50,704]

Quote

Let me fucking do what I’m fucking doing!

 

[Lindsay Lohan 11,814]

But one day I woke up like, "Maybe I'll do it differently"

 

Changed my life lowkey