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Mostly singing was cathartic, writing was cathartic, therapeutic. I don't think I had a goal, particularly, to sing or put it out there for anybody. (Lisa Marie Presley)
I wanted to come through with my own voice and, hopefully, have it affect people. I want people to know that I'm not an Elvis impersonator. View quote
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I have a lot of memories, but I don't go into capitalizing on that. Something's got to be my own. I'm not doing the record to sit here and broadcast my memories of my father. View quote
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I don't do yoga. I bite the hella outta my nails. I smoke, I eat all the wrong food, I don't exercise. View quote
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On my US tour maybe three out of 30 shows there was an Elvis impersonator in the crowd but that's it. I usually get younger fans, and those that come that are of an older generation end up walking out because it's too loud. View quote
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I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy. View quote
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I've been through so much in my life. I've seen so much. I know how fast things can change. I know someone can be here one minute and gone the next. View quote
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I always loved singing and writing poetry. I always loved music, and I've loved writing my whole life. When I put them together it was probably in my early 20s, where I put words to music for the first time. View quote
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Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame. View quote
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I have, in the past, been attracted to really strong and dominant men. But on the other side, I have been attracted to very androgynous men. I don't typically fall for your average jock. I just like people that are a little atypical. View quote
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Anytime I was in Memphis with my dad and at the house, I was happy. That was, like, a given. It was what I lived for. And I still feel the same excitement and warmth. (Lisa Marie Presley)
I want to pave my own path artistically. View quote
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I've been through a lot of stuff. View quote
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When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process. View quote
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I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing. View quote
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I'm more prone to his '70s material, which is what I was around for and watched a lot. I listen to a lot of that stuff. It probably influenced me quite a bit. I'm more drawn to the darker, sadder songs. View quote
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I remember him watching me through the crack of a door singing with a hairbrush. I was in front of his mirror. I think he wanted me to sing. He would get me on the table and make me sing sometimes or play the piano. He was very encouraging on that front. View quote
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You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted. View quote
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Anybody in the spotlight can get lost in that if they are not careful. View quote
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I take a situation, analyse it, break it down, put it in the form I want it to be in, and then I toss it away. Let somebody else go deal with it. View quote
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I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process. (Lisa Marie Presley)
It's hard for me to be happy because I'm always worried about something going awry or what could happen to screw it up. It's hard for me to sit and look around, going, 'Ah, I'm really happy.' I'm not that kind of person. View quote
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I've never even been out of my BMI range. I'm 5-foot-3. If I gain five pounds, it shows. View quote
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When I'm doing interviews, I'm doing interviews, and when I am writing, I'm writing. I sit there with a musician and I write. It's the same process since I started writing in my twenties. I like to come in and leave with a finished song. View quote
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I sit with the intention to write a record. View quote
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