Quotes from Lisa Marie Presley

I want to pave my own path artistically.

Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life.

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.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

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.

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.

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

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.

You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted.

I don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist.

I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage.

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.

I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it.

I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based on my music, not on what they read in the tabloids.

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.

I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm not trying to promote it.

I have always been a singer/songwriter, and I was pushed in places I didn't want to do, like pop or top forty. I don't belong there.

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.

Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music.

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.

I've never even been out of my BMI range. I'm 5-foot-3. If I gain five pounds, it shows.

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

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