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" Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Daughter
Been
Pressure
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" I was quite the spoiled brat. I have quite a temper, obviously inherited from my father, and I became very good at ordering everyone around. I was the princess; the staff were absolutely terrified of me. "
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" 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. "
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" I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based on my music, not on what they read in the tabloids. "
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" I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, 'What?' "
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" I've been through a lot of stuff. "
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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. "
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Doing
Sit
Song
" 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. "
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" I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare. "
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Jump
" I want to write, I want to sing. I want to do the same thing for others, have my music, hopefully do that for others one day, not realizing what I sort of had to climb. I had an idea a little bit, but I think that I underestimated the whole thing. "
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Day
Climb
" I don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist. "
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Well
Something
" 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. "
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Gone
Fast
Change
" I'm a hypochondriac. Yesterday it was brain damage from the vodka the night before. Today, heart attack - my arm and chest started hurting at the same time. "
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Heart
Time
Today
" I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues. "
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Average
I Am
Person
" 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. "
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Words
Together
Time
" 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. "
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Singing
Door
Play
" I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy. "
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Not Interested
Selling
Happy
" I grew up in the South with my father; blues and country, that's always been my core. But I had it in me not to do what was expected. I wanted to find my own footing. "
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Blues
Country
Father
" I'm trying to have my own thing, and I don't know if it's even possible. I didn't realize so many people actually think I'm trying to be like my dad. I read comments like 'She's no Elvis.' I'm not trying to be. I never set out to be. "
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Know
People
She
" I'm one of those people that, if I hear about something happening, I go crazy. I want to go help. "
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Hear
Want
People
" 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. "
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Own
Know
My Own
" With a lot of hair and make-up then I'm possibly, remotely attractive. But it's rare, I don't think I'm ugly but I'm nothing particularly special. I'm not a yoga and health girl. I don't exercise that much and I eat crap and smoke and bite my nails. "
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Think
Girl
Ugly
" I'm not doing this to be a pop star. I've had plenty of money and attention. I'm doing it for credibility. "
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Attention
Star
Pop Star
" I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process. "
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Process
Writing
Music
" I sit with the intention to write a record. "
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Intention
Sit
Record
" I've never even been out of my BMI range. I'm 5-foot-3. If I gain five pounds, it shows. "
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Five
Gain
Out
" I want to pave my own path artistically. "
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Pave
My Own
Want
" 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. "
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Walking
Fans
Three
" I'll say it loud and say it proud. I'm completely insane. "
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Say
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" I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage. "
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