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" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Own
Know
My Own
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" I have a lot of memories, but I don't go into capitalizing on that. Something's got to be my own. I'm not doing the record to sit here and broadcast my memories of my father. "
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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 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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" 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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" 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. "
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" When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process. "
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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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" 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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" You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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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Best
" I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels. "
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Love
Furniture
Art
" 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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Sit
Song
" 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
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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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Been
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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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" 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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Head
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" I sit with the intention to write a record. "
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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 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 work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing. "
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" I don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist. "
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" People that were in my life for a long time turned sinister and tried to control me, and all kinds of weird stuff happened. But there was no conscience involved; that threw me more than anything. "
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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'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy. "
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