When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process. Lisa Marie Presley More Quotes by Lisa Marie Presley More Quotes From Lisa Marie Presley 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 records memories father 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 tourism glasses people 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 skins song thinking You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted. Lisa Marie Presley grey taking-things-for-granted granted 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 next minutes gone I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy Lisa Marie Presley selling not-interested people 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 kids children thinking 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 redneck voice people 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 strong past fall I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing. Lisa Marie Presley feel-good feels thinking 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 yoga girl exercise 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 stuff long people 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 artist long thinking 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 vegas couple white 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 artist doubt thinking 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 writing ideas thinking 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 insecurity lions pain 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 cocky who-i-am thinking 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 toss break want I sit with the intention to write a record. Lisa Marie Presley intention records writing
