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" I want to pave my own path artistically. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Pave
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Want
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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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Dark
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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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" 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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Time
" I'm a lot of work. "
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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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Right
Marriage
Jump
" I've been chased through airports with a screaming baby because the photographers are ruthless, and they want the picture. "
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Through
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" I would describe my aesthetic as definitely personal and harmonious with an eclectic yet bohemian sensibility. "
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Describe
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" You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted. "
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Always
Grey
Learning
" Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music. "
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Music
Always
Honest
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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'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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Heart
Time
Today
" I'll say it loud and say it proud. I'm completely insane. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Say
Insane
Loud
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Away
Break
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
" 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
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Help
Child
Children
" Anybody in the spotlight can get lost in that if they are not careful. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Get
Spotlight
Lost
" If you lined up everyone I've ever dated, you wouldn't see any similarities. "
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You
Up
Similarities
" I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Not Interested
Selling
Happy
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Mirror
Loved
Song
" 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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Positive
Art
Create
" I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing. "
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Good
Feel Good
Work
" 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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Money
Fame
Best
" 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. "
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More
Think
Know
" I'm not doing this to be a pop star. I've had plenty of money and attention. I'm doing it for credibility. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Attention
Star
Pop Star
" 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
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