Del Rey said she chose to study the subject because it "bridged the gap between God and science. The following fall, she enrolled at Fordham University where she majored in philosophy.
"When I got to New York City when I was eighteen, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn-I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point-and that was it". She began singing in her church choir when she was a child, where she was the cantor. At age fifteen, she was sent to Kent School by her parents to deal with her rampant alcohol abuse her uncle, an admissions officer at the school, secured her financial aid to attend.īefore becoming a singer, Del Rey wanted to be a poet. As a child, her father wrote country songs for personal enjoyment, while her mother was interested in singing the former introduced her to The Beach Boys, while the latter was a fan of Carly Simon.Īfter graduating, Del Rey was accepted to the State University of New York at Geneseo, but she decided not to attend and instead spent a year living on Long Island with her aunt and uncle while working as a waitress. During this time, Del Rey's uncle taught her how to play guitar, and she "realized could probably write a million songs with those six chords". Shortly after, she began writing songs and performing in nightclubs around the city under various names such as "Sparkle Jump Rope Queen" and "Lizzy Grant and the Phenomena". "I was always singing, but didn't plan on pursuing it seriously", Del Rey said. She attended a Catholic elementary school and for one year, a high school where her mother taught. was a Kidder, Peabody & Co. investment banker, a vice president for Plough, Inc, and Textron, and venture capitalist. She is of Scottish descent.ĭel Rey grew up in rural Lake Placid, New York, and was raised Roman Catholic. Lana Del Rey was born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant in New York City on June 21, 1985, to Robert England Grant, Jr., a Grey Group copywriter turned entrepreneur, and Patricia Ann "Pat" (Hill), a former Grey account executive turned high school teacher. She has one younger sister, Caroline Grant, and one brother, Charlie. Her paternal grandfather, Robert England Grant, Sr.
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