Quotes by Lisa Marie Presley

About Lisa Marie Presley:

Lisa Marie Presley is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of musician-actor Elvis Presley and actress and business magnate Priscilla Presley, and is Elvis's only child. As sole heir to her father's estate, Presley is the owner of Graceland, the Memphis mansion where her father lived, now a major tourist attraction. She has conducted a long career in the music business and has issued several albums and videos. Her work as a vocalist and lyricist has ranged across rock, country, blues and folk.
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I've been chased through airports with a screaming baby because the photographers are ruthless, and they want the picture.

Lisa Marie Presley

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

Lisa Marie Presley

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.

Lisa Marie Presley

I grew up in the South with my father; blues and country, that's always been my core. But I had it in me not to do what was expected. I wanted to find my own footing.

Lisa Marie Presley

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.

Lisa Marie Presley

I don't think that I'm a top 40 artist in any way. So I don't think I'm that mainstream.

Lisa Marie Presley

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

Lisa Marie Presley

I sit with the intention to write a record.

Lisa Marie Presley

I've been through a lot of stuff.

Lisa Marie Presley

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

Lisa Marie Presley

I'm one of those people that, if I hear about something happening, I go crazy. I want to go help.

Lisa Marie Presley

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.

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

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

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

Lisa Marie Presley

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.

Lisa Marie Presley

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 fr...

Lisa Marie Presley

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.

Lisa Marie Presley

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.

Lisa Marie Presley

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

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 ...

Lisa Marie Presley

Author Bio

  • NameLisa Marie Presley
  • Descriptionsinger song-writer from the United States
  • BornFebruary 1, 1968
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Singer-songwriter; Composer; Songwriter; Musician