Lana Del Rey: 'T, New York Times Style' Feature!

Lana Del Rey poses for Terry Richardson in a feature from T, The New York Times Style Magazine.

Here’s what the 25-year-old singer had to share:

On breaking into the industry: “I mean, I met everyone who is anyone in the music industry over the last six years and I was unsignable. That’s what I was told by everyone. I would play my songs, explain what I was trying to do, and I’d get, ‘You know who’s No. 1 in 13 countries right now? Ke$ha.’”

On whether her lips are natural or not: “They’re real lips, I mean … in real life my lips don’t look that big. I think because I cartoonized the footage of myself in the video for ‘Video Games’ things look exaggerated.”

On feeling anxious before performances: “I’m not by nature a showstopper. I love to write and play songs, but onstage, all these things come into play. I’m always saying to myself, Don’t mess up. Don’t mess up.”

For more from Lana, visit NYTimes.com!