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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
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" I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy. "
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" If I'm alone too long I think too much, and I'm not interested in doing that. That won't lead anywhere good, I'm sure. If I'm busy I tend to stay out of trouble. An idle mind is the devil's playground. "
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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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" I would describe my aesthetic as definitely personal and harmonious with an eclectic yet bohemian sensibility. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I'm a lot of work. "
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" 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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" I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage. "
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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. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life. "
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" I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing. "
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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 do like to write nasty songs. It's a useful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative. "
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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. "
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" I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process. "
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" 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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" 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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" I like helping children. I have a big thing with children. You can correspond with the child, send something to them as a gift. You know it's actually getting there and you are doing something to help. "
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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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" 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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" I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it. "
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