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" When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process. "

Lisa Marie Presley

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process. "

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