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I Don't Think I Realized What Was Going To Be The Hardest Part Of Becaming An Artist Until I Dove Off The Diving Board ... First I Had To Overcome A Pre-speculated Idea Of Me. I Had To Sort Of Burst Through That And Introduce Myself, And That Was The First Hurdle, And Then Now Sing In Front Of Everybody, And Then That Was The Second One, And I'm The Offspring Of - You Know, Who I'm The Offspring Of - I Had A Few Hurdles To Get Through, No Doubt About It. But The Scales Never Tipped In The Other Direction Too Much.

-Lisa Marie Presley

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Lisa Marie Presley

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I Don't Think I Realized What Was Going To Be The Hardest Part Of Becaming An Artist Until I Dove Off The Diving Board ... First I Had To Overcome A Pre-speculated Idea Of Me. I Had To Sort Of Burst Through That And Introduce Myself, And That Was The First Hurdle, And Then Now Sing In Front Of Everybody, And Then That Was The Second One, And I'm The Offspring Of - You Know, Who I'm The Offspring Of - I Had A Few Hurdles To Get Through, No Doubt About It. But The Scales Never Tipped In The Other Direction Too Much.

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