--- title: Lana Del Rey: 7 Controversial Interview Quotes Aliens Feminism Sex description: She's "annoyed" her sex life didn't further her career, but that's just the tip of the iceberg canonical: https://time.com/3028634/lana-del-ray-quotes-feminism-sex/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-24T16:51:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:42.765Z og:title: 5 Controversial Quotes From Lana Del Rey og:description: Here are 7 other eccentric quips og:url: https://time.com/3028634/lana-del-ray-quotes-feminism-sex/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt120f28e9c5ce4ea0/69869d1055a859a87ea81ecf/451387584.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2322 og:image:height: 1306 og:image:alt: Day 2 - Glastonbury Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 5 Controversial Quotes From Lana Del Rey twitter:description: Here are 7 other eccentric quips twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt120f28e9c5ce4ea0/69869d1055a859a87ea81ecf/451387584.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 5 Controversial Quotes From Lana Del Rey > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Tabatha Fireman/Redferns via Getty Images) Tabatha Fireman—Redferns via Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jul 24, 2014 4:51 PM UTC Lana Del Rey is never boring — the eccentric pop star can always be relied on to provide at least a few nuggets of weirdness in any given interview. She’s getting flak right now for the first item listed below, but why are we surprised? She’s always got something offbeat and amazing to say. **1) She’s “annoyed” that her sex life never helped her get a record deal.** Even though one of her new songs is called “F\*\*\*ed My Way Up to the Top,” Del Rey told _Complex_ [magazine](http://www.complex.com/covers/lana-del-rey-interview-against-the-grain-2014-cover-story/) that sleeping with guys in the music industry has never helped her career. --- > “” --- Earlier, she said: --- > “” --- It’s important to note that most of the coverage of this controversial quote has focused on the “I have slept with a lot of guys” part, not the effect it might have had on her career. Several big media outlets put the quote in their headlines, which can come off as slut-shaming. **2) Tesla is way cooler than feminism.** In a recent interview in [_Fader_](http://www.thefader.com/2014/06/04/lana-del-rey-cover-interview/) magazine, she made it clear where she stands on the age-old Feminists vs. Aliens debate: --- > “” --- Feminist aliens have yet to weigh in. **3) She kind of has a death wish.** She once told [The Guardian ](http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/12/lana-del-rey-ultraviolence-album)that she admired Amy Winehouse and Kurt Cobain so much that “I wish I were dead already,” which led to a lengthly discussion of mortality: --- > “” --- The singer [retracted her comments](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/born-to-live-lana-del-rey-discredits-i-wish-i-was-dead-interview-20140620) afterward on Twitter in a series of now-deleted tweets, saying the interviewer had asked her leading questions. **4) Her friend Juliette Lewis didn’t realize that was her on SNL.** In outtakes from this month’s [_Rolling Stone_](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/18-things-you-learn-after-two-long-days-with-lana-del-rey-20140724) profile, Del Rey reveals that she was friends with Juliette Lewis before the actress publicly dissed her _Saturday Night Live_ performance: --- > “” --- Because messing up your friend’s hair color can happen to anybody! **5) Every day is Opposite Day.** Because Lana Del Rey is George Constanza: --- > “” --- When _Rolling Stone_ pointed out that George already tried this, she says, “Oh really? That’s awesome. Me and George Costanza!” **6) She mixes up sounds and colors.** It sounds like the directions she gave to [_Ultraviolence_ producer ](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/18-things-you-learn-after-two-long-days-with-lana-del-rey-20140724)Dan Auerbach were, um, confusing (also from the _Rolling Stone_ outtakes:) --- > “” --- This was mostly to distinguish from Lady Gaga, who wants everything to sound like it’s in the key of rainbows. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3028634/lana-del-ray-quotes-feminism-sex/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3028634/lana-del-ray-quotes-feminism-sex/"},"headline":"5 Controversial Quotes From Lana Del Rey","datePublished":"2014-07-24T16:51:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:42.765Z","description":"She's \"annoyed\" her sex life didn't further her career, but that's just the tip of the iceberg","url":"https://time.com/3028634/lana-del-ray-quotes-feminism-sex/","keywords":["Living","Music","Sex","Interview","Pop","Lana Del Rey","celebrity","Lady Gaga","Rolling Stone"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt120f28e9c5ce4ea0/69869d1055a859a87ea81ecf/451387584.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt120f28e9c5ce4ea0/69869d1055a859a87ea81ecf/451387584.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Day 2 - Glastonbury Festival","caption":"Day 2 - Glastonbury Festival","creditText":"Tabatha Fireman—Redferns via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3028634/lana-del-ray-quotes-feminism-sex/","name":"5 Controversial Quotes From Lana Del Rey"}}]}] ```