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" I've been through a lot of stuff. "

Lisa Marie Presley

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

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" 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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" 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 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 live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

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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 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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" 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 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 sit with the intention to write a record. "

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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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" I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy. "

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" 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. "

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" 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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" I don't do yoga. I bite the hella outta my nails. I smoke, I eat all the wrong food, I don't exercise. "

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