Moving On From Memphis

Lisa Marie Presley talked frankly to Michael Bracewell of the Guardian about family, marriages and the compulsion, finally, to create music herself. “I’m female, thank God, because if I was male this really would be difficult,” she said, obviously referring to her father Elvis. “And, of course, I don’t attempt to sound like my father – I do my own thing. Those sorts of comparisons are something I was intimidated by for a very long time. But I had to go with it. Music is a huge part of my life, and I had to park all that fear and not let it stop something that was important to me.” Read more.