Quotes by Lisa Marie Presley

“Im like a lion - I roar. If someone betrays me, I wont be a victim. I dont sulk, I get angry. I go immediately into retaliation. But it always comes from insecurity or pain.”

“If Im alone too long I think too much, and Im not interested in doing that. That wont lead anywhere good, Im sure. If Im busy I tend to stay out of trouble. An idle mind is the devils playground.”

“I got an early education on how bad men and women can act. Most of those people were sucking the life out of him.”

“Im female, thank God, because if I was male this really would be difficult. And, of course, I dont attempt to sound like my father - I do my own thing.”

“Ill say it loud and say it proud. Im completely insane.”

“I want a fingerprint of my own and I want credibility, and thats all I want. I just want some substance to my existence.”

“Im the bravest that Ive ever been right now. Dont ask me where I got these balls: I have no idea.”

“It hasnt happened very often that Ive actually given my heart. Sometimes I can be completely smitten, but Ill still keep it back at arms length. Because if I do give it to someone and I get hurt, its tragic. It incapacitates me. I have to be really careful of that. But thats not to say I would be opposed to falling in love with somebody.”

“Im sure theres no way to escape the fact that I was heavily influenced by him. I was only around his music and him most of the early part of my life. Its impossible not to have been inspired or influenced.”

“Im 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.”

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

You are always learning there is a lot of grey dont take things for granted.

I always loved singing and writing poetry. I always loved music, and Ive loved writing my whole life. When I put them together, it was probably in my early 20s where I put words to music for the first time.

I do like to write nasty songs. Its a useful weapon to have, and its cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative.

If Im alone too long I think too much, and Im not interested in doing that. That wont lead anywhere good, Im sure. If Im busy I tend to stay out of trouble. An idle mind is the devils playground.