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" I would describe my aesthetic as definitely personal and harmonious with an eclectic yet bohemian sensibility. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Personal
Describe
Bohemian
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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
Love Me
Me
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Doing
Sit
Song
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Think
Alone
Busy
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Think
Girl
Ugly
" The period of time just before you awaken is the time I have my most creative thoughts and discover the best solutions. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Time
Best
Creative
" I'll say it loud and say it proud. I'm completely insane. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Say
Insane
Loud
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Me
Father
Brat
" I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Good
Feel Good
Work
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
People
Help
Think
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Words
Together
Time
" I'm a lot of work. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Work
Lot
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
I Am
Children
More
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Listen
Me
More
" I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Process
Writing
Music
" If you lined up everyone I've ever dated, you wouldn't see any similarities. "
Lisa Marie Presley
You
Up
Similarities
" 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?' "
Lisa Marie Presley
Beautiful
Name
See
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Singing
Door
Play
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
I Am
Dark
My Life
" I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Not Interested
Selling
Happy
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Walking
Fans
Three
" When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process. "
Lisa Marie Presley
I Write
Write
Process
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Gone
Fast
Change
" Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Music
Always
Honest
" I don't ascribe to any particular style or period. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Style
Any
Particular
" 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 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
Outside
Me
Day
" I've never even been out of my BMI range. I'm 5-foot-3. If I gain five pounds, it shows. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Five
Gain
Out
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Feel
Excitement
Like
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Thought
Say
Never
" 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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Music
Day
Climb