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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. "
Lisa Marie Presley
Singing
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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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" Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music. "
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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 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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" I don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist. "
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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 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 would describe my aesthetic as definitely personal and harmonious with an eclectic yet bohemian sensibility. "
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" I sit with the intention to write a record. "
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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 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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" I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels. "
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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 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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" 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 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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