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 More Quotes by Lisa Marie Presley More Quotes From Lisa Marie Presley 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. Lisa Marie Presley hurtheartnight 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. Lisa Marie Presley recordsmemoriesfather 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. Lisa Marie Presley tourismglassespeople I saw a Velveeta commercial and it was playing, I think 'Burning Love.' He [Michael Jackson] had approved it - that's something we can't control. He can do whatever he wants with the songs he owns to make money, and that got under my skin. Lisa Marie Presley skinssongthinking You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted. Lisa Marie Presley greytaking-things-for-grantedgranted 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 nextminutesgone I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy Lisa Marie Presley sellingnot-interestedpeople 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 kidschildrenthinking 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. Lisa Marie Presley redneckvoicepeople 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. Lisa Marie Presley strongpastfall I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing. Lisa Marie Presley feel-goodfeelsthinking 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 yogagirlexercise 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. Lisa Marie Presley stufflongpeople I did go through a Goth thing, but that was a long time ago. I just like artists that shake it up, that piss people off or make people think or rattle the cage somehow. Lisa Marie Presley artistlongthinking A couple of months ago I hauled my white ass on stage alongside Chaka Khan and Stevie Wonder for Divas Las Vegas, singing in front of a celebrity audience. If I can hold my own there, I can hold my own at Top of the Pops, trust me. Lisa Marie Presley vegascouplewhite I don't think I realized what was going to be the hardest part of becaming an artist until I dove off the diving board ... first I had to overcome a pre-speculated idea of me. I had to sort of burst through that and introduce myself, and that was the first hurdle, and then now sing in front of everybody, and then that was the second one, and I'm the offspring of - you know, who I'm the offspring of - I had a few hurdles to get through, no doubt about it. But the scales never tipped in the other direction too much. Lisa Marie Presley artistdoubtthinking 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 writingideasthinking I'm like a lion - I roar. If someone betrays me, I won't be a victim. I don't sulk, I get angry. Lisa Marie Presley insecuritylionspain 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. Lisa Marie Presley cockywho-i-amthinking 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. Lisa Marie Presley tossbreakwant
