Priscilla Presley is revisiting Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage’s dramatic relationship.

“I liked Nicolas Cage from the beginning. Despite his stormy temper (which my daughter shared), he has a good heart and a great capacity for love. … Unfortunately, the kinetic attraction that drew them together also made it difficult for them to stay together,” Priscilla, 80, wrote in her memoir, Softly As I Leave You, which hit stands on Tuesday, September 23. “They were not only romantically passionate but also passionate, period.”

Priscilla added that her daughter, whom she welcomed with Elvis Presley in 1968, had “inherited” her father’s “temper along with his good looks.” She claimed Cage, now 61, “could match her in a fight toe to toe.”

“And oh my gosh, how they fought. They screamed and t

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