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" 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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" I like Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. The black-and-white films. With music, I tend more toward the '70s stuff because I was at the shows for those, so they bring back memories. "

Lisa Marie Presley

Love

Love Me

" 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. "

" You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted. "

" I've been through a lot of stuff. "

" Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life. "

" I think people think I'm harder and more arrogant and cocky than I am - because I know how to put on a front, but it's nothing like who I am inside. "

Lisa Marie Presley

Think

Know

" Anybody in the spotlight can get lost in that if they are not careful. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you lined up everyone I've ever dated, you wouldn't see any similarities. "

Lisa Marie Presley

You

Similarities

" I'm one of those people that, if I hear about something happening, I go crazy. I want to go help. "

" 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. "

" I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I sit with the intention to write a record. "

" 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. "

" I've never even been out of my BMI range. I'm 5-foot-3. If I gain five pounds, it shows. "

" I want to pave my own path artistically. "

" I'll say it loud and say it proud. I'm completely insane. "

" I'm a lot of work. "

Lisa Marie Presley

Work

Lot

" I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage. "

Lisa Marie Presley

Kick

Rattle

" Between all four children and my husband, I don't get to do much. But when I am in England, I cook and I garden, and it's much more calming and relaxed. "

Lisa Marie Presley

I Am

Children

" 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?' "

" I don't do yoga. I bite the hella outta my nails. I smoke, I eat all the wrong food, I don't exercise. "

" I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "