Lana Del Rey admits there are times when she's tempted to return to her old habits when her music gets criticised.  

The 'Blue Jeans' songstress has previously spoken about dealing with alcohol dependence in her teens.

The star revealed: " I was a big drinker at the time. I would drink every day. I would drink alone. I thought the whole concept was so f**king cool. A great deal of what I wrote on Born To Die is about these wilderness years. When I write about the thing that I've lost I feel like I'm writing about alcohol because that was the first love of my life. My parents were worried, I was worried."

In a new interview with FASHION magazine, the 27-year-old star admits there are times when she's tempted to return to her old habits.

She explained: "If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.

"I feel like my work’s important, but I don’t always feel like I get respect for it…when I feel like people don’t like [my] music and that the 10 years I spent making what I made was not for a good reason, that makes me want to drink again."

Lana has recorded 'Young And Beautiful' for 'The Great Gatsby' soundtrack, which has garnered critical acclaim.

The star is flattered by such praise, telling the magazine: "Feeling like you’re respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.

"I don’t believe in the school of hard knocks, although I’ve had them. All that stuff about whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger is so not true. Do you know what makes you stronger? When people treat you and your art with dignity."