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" I was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out. "

Lisa Marie Presley

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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 don't ascribe to any particular style or period. "

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

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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 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 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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" 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. "

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

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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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" 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 don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist. "

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" 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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" Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music. "

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

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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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" 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 more prone to his '70s material, which is what I was around for and watched a lot. I listen to a lot of that stuff. It probably influenced me quite a bit. I'm more drawn to the darker, sadder songs. "

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

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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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" 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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" 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 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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" 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 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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