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" I don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Admiration
Well
Something
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" I think having kids just makes you want to do things to help people. You have children, and you see how fragile and innocent and helpless they are when they first start out. If they are going to be a victim of whatever they are surrounded by, I just do everything I can to try to make whatever change I can. "
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Help
Think
" I have always been a singer/songwriter, and I was pushed in places I didn't want to do, like pop or top forty. I don't belong there. "
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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. "
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" I sit with the intention to write a record. "
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Sit
Record
" Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life. "
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Daughter
Been
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" How many people have a family grave in the backyard? I'm sure I'll end up there, or I'll shrink my head and put it in a glass box in the living room. I'll get more tourists to Graceland that way. "
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Way
Head
Family
" I would describe my aesthetic as definitely personal and harmonious with an eclectic yet bohemian sensibility. "
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Describe
Bohemian
" I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels. "
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" 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 have loved music so much from when I was little, and I don't know whether it was because I saw my dad doing it and then I got the idea; I don't know what came first... But I always had a hairbrush in the mirror singing. I was always with him backstage; I would go out and be pulled in for the last song. "
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Mirror
Loved
Song
" I never not wanted to be a singer. Since I was 3, I knew this was what I wanted to do. Well, I can't say I wanted to do it, but I fantasized and thought about it all the time. I never thought it would actually happen. "
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Thought
Say
Never
" 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. "
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Fall
People
Strong
" 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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Right
Marriage
Jump
" I want to pave my own path artistically. "
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Pave
My Own
Want
" I went through a huge transition in my life where everything and everyone I knew and trusted didn't turn out to be that way. "
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My Life
Life
Way
" I don't do yoga. I bite the hella outta my nails. I smoke, I eat all the wrong food, I don't exercise. "
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Wrong
Smoke
Nails
" If you lined up everyone I've ever dated, you wouldn't see any similarities. "
Lisa Marie Presley
You
Up
Similarities
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Think
Girl
Ugly
" 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. "
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Feel
Excitement
Like
" 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 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
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Be Happy
Always
Happy
" The period of time just before you awaken is the time I have my most creative thoughts and discover the best solutions. "
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Time
Best
Creative
" I don't think that I'm a top 40 artist in any way. So I don't think I'm that mainstream. "
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Think
Top
Way
" 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 was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out. "
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Outside
Me
Day
" I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Been
Think
Test
" You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted. "
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Always
Grey
Learning
" 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
" I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm not trying to promote it. "
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Purpose
Proud
Out