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" I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Good
Feel Good
Work
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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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" 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 don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist. "
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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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" When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process. "
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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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" 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. "
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Out
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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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Busy
" I have, in the past, been attracted to really strong and dominant men. But on the other side, I have been attracted to very androgynous men. I don't typically fall for your average jock. I just like people that are a little atypical. "
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Fall
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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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Know
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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. "
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Outside
Me
Day
" 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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Help
Child
Children
" 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
" 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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Away
Break
Want
" 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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Purpose
Proud
Out
" 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 sit with the intention to write a record. "
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Intention
Sit
Record
" 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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Thought
Say
Never
" I don't ascribe to any particular style or period. "
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Style
Any
Particular
" I'm a lot of work. "
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Work
Lot
" 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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Heart
Time
Today
" I've been chased through airports with a screaming baby because the photographers are ruthless, and they want the picture. "
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Ruthless
Through
Want
" 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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Gone
Fast
Change
" 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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Love
Love Me
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" I went through a huge transition in my life where everything and everyone I knew and trusted didn't turn out to be that way. "
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Life
Way
" Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life. "
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Daughter
Been
Pressure
" 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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Person
" Anybody in the spotlight can get lost in that if they are not careful. "
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Get
Spotlight
Lost
" 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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Feel
Excitement
Like
" 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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Five
Gain
Out