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Anytime I was in Memphis with my dad and at the house, I was happy. That was, like, a given. It was what I lived for. And I still feel the same excitement and warmth.

- Lisa Marie Presley

Memphis, Still, Given, Warmth

I would describe my aesthetic as definitely personal and harmonious with an eclectic yet bohemian sensibility.

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Aesthetic, Bohemian, Would, Sensibility

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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Everyone, Very, Became, Spoiled

I've been chased through airports with a screaming baby because the photographers are ruthless, and they want the picture.

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Through, Been, Chased, Photographers

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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Art, Like, Cathartic, Nasty

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.

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Goal, Think, Mostly, Therapeutic

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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Average, Attract, Your, Dues

I'm not doing this to be a pop star. I've had plenty of money and attention. I'm doing it for credibility.

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Doing, Star, Pop, Pop Star

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.

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I Can, Surrounded, I Think, Helpless

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

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See, Similarities, Ever, Lined

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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Happen, Always, Going, Screw

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.

- Lisa Marie Presley

England, Cook, More, Garden

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.

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Hypochondriac, Damage, Chest, Arm

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.

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Deal, Away, Break, Toss

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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Average, Been, Very, Androgynous

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

Exercise, Yoga, Make-Up, Possibly

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.

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Box, Head, Put, Backyard

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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My Life, Through, Everyone, Transition

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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Door, Play, Through, Table

I like Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. The black-and-white films. With music, I tend more toward the '70s stuff because I was at the shows for those, so they bring back memories.

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Love, Tender, Films, Black-And-White

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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Mirror, Doing, Dad, Backstage

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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Voice, Through, My Own, Impersonator

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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Three, Crowd, Maybe, Impersonator

I was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out.

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Father, Like, Very, Protective

I like helping children. I have a big thing with children. You can correspond with the child, send something to them as a gift. You know it's actually getting there and you are doing something to help.

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Gift, Doing, Big, Send

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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More, Influenced, Which, Prone

I want to pave my own path artistically.

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Path, Want, My Own, Pave

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

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Me, Process, I Write, Therapeutic

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

- Lisa Marie Presley

Process, Always, Fell, Therapeutic

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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Again, Area, Eager, Cap

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