Lana Del Rey felt like a "failure" in music and thought about quitting the business.
Lana Del Rey "seriously" considered quitting music after feeling like a "failure".
The 'Say Yes To Heaven' singer - who just headlined American Express presents BST Hyde Park in London over the weekend following a controversial set at Glastonbury last month - admitted she "had no other choice" but to keep making music even in moments of self doubt.
She told the Daily Star newspaper's Wired column: "I never forget the abyss, those moments when nothing worked, where I was seriously considering quitting. There really was a feeling of failure.
"I had no other choice than to continue, because I don't know how to do anything else. Courage would have been to disappear.
"But as I was already famous, I took the easy was out. I continued to make records. There was no plans B."
The 38-year-old star also heaped praise on the likes of Billie Eilish - who she hailed as a "good person" and "divinely talented" - for expressing themselves through their music.
She added: "In pop music, women finally have the right to express themselves, their experiences.
"What I was doing at the start - they would have been crucified for doing before. But I am very specific. And that's the key to universality.
"I don't care if I play the wrong role, [don't] comply with what is expected of a pop singer. What I want is to stay true to the exact moment the music comes to me."
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