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Famous Quotes about Elvis Presley

Here is a collection of the most famous quotes about Elvis

Presley and by Elvis himself – ENJOY!

I wasn't exactly a James Bond in Movies, but then no one ever asked
Sean Connery to sing a song while dodging bullets.”

Elvis

“I don’t admire nobody but Elvis Presley. He was the sweetest most
humble and nicest man you’d ever meet.”

Muhammad Ali

“Everyone in rock ’n roll including myself was touched by Elvis ‘spirit,I

was, and always will be a fan.”

Bryan Ferry

”Well, we are definitely grown up now. If Elvis is dead we can’t be kids

anymore, the effect of his life time is well marked.”

Paul Simon

“Money is meant to be spread around, the more happiness it helps

create, the more it’s worth.”

Elvis
“My mother was watching the Ed Sullivan show, and Elvis came on. I
went out and got a guitar right away, but I couldn’t play it, I was to
small, but that was the start.”

Bruce Springsteen

“When you’re not in love, you are not

alive.”

Elvis

“Before Elvis there was nothing.”

John Lennon

“If I slept with every woman the weekly magazines say I have, I would
have been dead a long time ago.”

Elvis

“Without Elvis, none of us could have made it.”

Buddy Holly

“Every time I felt low I just put on an Elvis record and I’d feel great.”

Paul McCartney
“Elvis Presley is Probably the main founding father of rock music. He
was an unheralded genius behind a new music that changed western
civilization for all time.”

Peter Noone/Hermans Hermits

“Elvis was my Idol from the beginning and even today when I’m alone,
I’ll often put on the King Creole album. He’s produced the most
exciting pop music sounds of all time”

Cliff Richard

“It was Scotty Moore’s guitar riff when he was

doing the Steve Allen Show that got me into
rock music. I’ve been an Elvis fan since I was a
kid.”

Elton John

“I thought anyone who had been the centre of all that insanity for so
long would have some of it rub off on him.

But, after working in Change of Habit with him, I realised I’d never
worked with more gentlemanly, kinder man. He’s gorgeous.”

Mary Tyler Moore

“Elvis is the greatest Blues singer in the world today.”

Joe Cocker

“Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there hadn’t been an

Elvis, there wouldn’t have been the Beatles.”

John Lennon

“Like every artist to emerge during the rock scene Elvis was my
influence and my idol.”

Marty Wilde (Rock’n Roll singer)

"I've learned very early in life...without a song, the day would never
end. Without a song, a man ain't got a friend. Without a song, the
road would never bend, without a song. So I'll keep on singing the
song."

Elvis
FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT ELVIS
“Without preamble, the three-piece band cuts
loose. In the spotlight, the lanky singer flails
furious rhythms on his guitar, every now and then
breaking a string.

In a pivoting stance, his hips swing sensuously

from side to side and his entire body takes on a
frantic quiver, as if he had swallowed a
jackhammer.”

Time Magazine, May 15, 1956

"His kind of music is deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac...It

fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young
people."

Frank Sinatra, 1950's

“It isn’t enough to say that Elvis is kind to his parents, sends money
home, and is the same unspoiled kid he was before all the commotion
began. That still isn’t a free ticket to behave like a sex maniac in
public.”

Eddie Condon Cosmopolitan, December 1956

“I wanted to say to Elvis Presley and the country that this is a real
decent, fine boy.”

Ed Sullivan During Elvis’ third appearance on his show, January 6,

1957
“As the lad himself might say, cut my legs off and call me Shorty! Elvis
Presley can act...Acting is his assignment in this shrewdly upholstered
showcase, and he does it."

Howard Thompson Review of King Creole New York Times, 1958

“A Presley picture is the only sure thing in Hollywood.”

Hal Wallis Producer of nine of Elvis' films.

“There is something magical about watching a man who has lost

himself find his way back home...He sang with the kind of power
people no longer expect from rock ‘n’ roll singers.”

John Landau Review of Elvis, (1968 TV Special).

“It was the finest music of his life. If ever there was music that bleeds,
this was it.”

Greil Marcus From his book, Mystery Train, remembering the 1968 TV
Special.

“There are several unbelievable things about Elvis, but the most
incredible is his staying power in a world where meteoric careers fade
like shooting stars.”

Newsweek, August 11, 1969 Review of Elvis’ Las Vegas engagement.

“...a style and panache that come close to pure magic. Lithe, raunchy,
the sweat pouring down his face, he now moves with the precision of
an athlete, the grace of a dancer...flamboyant and flashy, sexy and
self-mocking, he works with the instincts of a genius to give poetry to
the basic rock performance.”

W.A. Harbinson From his 1975 book, The Illustrated Elvis. A passage
reflecting upon Elvis' 1969 Vegas engagement.

“So what it boils down to was Elvis produced his own records. He came
to the session, picked the songs, and if something in the arrangement
was changed, he was the one to change it.

Everything was worked out spontaneously.

Nothing was really rehearsed. Many of the
important decisions normally made
previous to a recording session were made
during the session.

What it was, was a look to the future.

Today everybody makes records this way.
Back then Elvis was the only one. He was
the forerunner of everything that’s record
production these days.

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone imitated him. People started

doing what Elvis did.”

Bones Howe Recording Engineer As quoted in Jerry Hopkins’ 1971

book, Elvis, A Biography.
“A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man’s music,
when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage
mannerisms from Elvis.”

Jackie Wilson

“You have no idea how great he is, really you

don’t. You have no comprehension - it’s
absolutely impossible. I can’t tell you why he’s
so great, but he is. He’s sensational.”

Phil Spector

“Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the twentieth century. He

introduced the beat to everything, music, language, clothes, it’s a
whole new social revolution - the 60’s comes from it.”

Leonard Bernstein, 1960's.

"There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and
performances through the years, all of which I agree with
wholeheartedly.

I shall miss him dearly as a friend. He was a warm, considerate and

generous man."

Frank Sinatra, 1977

“Elvis Presley’s death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was
unique, irreplaceable. More than twenty years ago, he burst upon the
scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never
be equaled.

His music and his personality, fusing the styles of white country and
black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face of American
popular culture.

His following was immense. And he was a symbol to people the world
over of the vitality, rebelliousness and good humor of this country.”

President Jimmy Carter, 1977. His official statement following Elvis'

death.

“Elvis had an influence on everybody with his musical approach. He

broke the ice for all of us.”

Al Green

“...At Sun Studio in Memphis Elvis Presley called to life what would
soon be known as rock and roll with a voice that bore strains of the
Grand Ole Opry and Beale Street, of country and the blues.

At that moment, he ensured - instinctively, unknowingly - that pop

music would never again be as simple as black and white.”

David Fricke Rolling Stone, 1986

“He was an instinctive actor...He was quite bright...he was very
intelligent...He was not a punk. He was very elegant, sedate, and
refined, and sophisticated.”

Walter Matthau, who co-starred with Elvis in King Creole (1958). From a
1987 interview.

“There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders.
And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.”

Bruce Springsteen

“...it was like he came along and whispered some dream in

everybody’s ear, and somehow we all dreamed it.”

Bruce Springsteen

“When I first heard Elvis' voice I just knew that I wasn’t going to work
for anybody; and nobody was going to be my boss...Hearing him for
the first time was like busting out of jail.”

Bob Dylan
“A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I
think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and
play some of the old records...Time has a way of being very unkind to
old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.”

Huey Lewis

“Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger
and all the others only followed in his footsteps.”

Rod Stewart

“He was a unique artist - an original in an area of imitators.”

Mick Jagger

“This boy had everything. He had the looks, the moves, the manager,
and the talent. And he didn’t look like Mr. Ed like a lot of the rest of us
did. In the way he looked, way he talked, way he acted - he really was
different.”

Carl Perkins
“I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said
he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker,
dedicated, and God loved him.

Last time I saw him was at Graceland. We sang Old Blind Barnabus
together, a gospel song. I love him and hope to see him in heaven.
There’ll never be another like that soul brother.

James Brown

“That’s my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you’d see

pictures all over of Elvis. He’s just the greatest entertainer that ever
lived. And I think it’s because he had such presence.

When Elvis walked into a room, Elvis Presley was in the f---ing room. I
don’t give a f--- who was in the room with him, Bogart, Marilyn
Monroe.”

Eddie Murphy

“He was ahead of his time because he had such deep feelings. He had
the privilege of deep feelings because he was deeply loved by his
mother, Gladys.

He was able to appreciate profound beauty in sounds. And he started a

musical revolution. They say all revolutions start from love.”

Imelda Marcos
“It’s rare when an artist’s talent can touch an entire generation of
people. It’s even rarer when that same influence affects several
generations. Elvis made an imprint on the world of pop music
unequaled by any other single performer.”

Dick Clark

“...if any individual of our time can be said to have changed the world,
Elvis Presley is the one. In his wake more than music is different.
Nothing and no one looks or sounds the same.

His music was the most liberating event of our era because it taught
us new possibilities of feeling and perception, new modes of action and
appearance, and because it reminded us not only of his greatness, but
of our own potential.”

Greil Marcus From his book, Mystery Train.

“Elvis Presley was an explorer of vast new landscapes of dream and

illusion. He was a man who refused to be told that the best of his
dreams would not come true, who refused to be defined by anyone
else’s perceptions.

This is the goal of democracy, the journey on which every American

hero sets out. That Elvis made so much of the journey on his own is
reason enough to remember him with the honor and love we reserve
for the bravest among us. Such men made the only maps we can
trust.”

Dave Marsh, famous quote. From his book, Elvis.

“It’s always been my dream to come to Madison Square Garden and
be the warm-up act for Elvis.”

Senator Al Gore

“He was the firstest with the mostest.”

Roy Orbison

Accepting the nomination for vice president at the 1992 Democratic

Convention & prior to Bill Clinton's (aka "Elvis" by his security staff)
acceptance of the presidential nomination.

“You know, Bush is always comparing me to Elvis in sort of

unflattering ways. I don’t think Bush would have liked Elvis very much,
and that’s just another thing that’s wrong with him.”

Bill Clinton During the 1992 presidential campaign.

"He had total love in his eyes when he performed. He was the total
androgenous beauty. I would practice Elvis in front of the mirror when
I was twelve or thirteen years old."

k.d. lang
"Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular
music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was
definitely the start of it for me."

Elton John

"It was Elvis that got me interested in music. I've been an Elvis fan
since I was a kid."

Elton John

"The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven.
Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a
performer could have on an audience."

famous quote by Cher

"Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business."

Isaac Hayes

"I remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun studios.
Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent. He was a dynamic
young boy.

His phraseology, his way of looking at a song, was as unique as

Sinatra's. I was a tremendous fan, and had Elvis lived, there would
have been no end to his inventiveness."

B.B. King
"I'm sitting in the drive-through and I've got my three girls in the back
and this station comes on and it's playing "Jailhouse Rock," the original
version, and my girls are jumping up and down, going nuts. I'm
looking around at them and they've heard Dad's music all the time and
I don't see that out of them."

Garth Brooks

Famous Quotes by Elvis:

“Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some
people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ‘em all together, I guess.”

-Elvis in 1956, famous quote talking about his way of moving on stage.

"I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my
family or offend God...I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling
he or she belongs.

If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I
would believe I had contributed something to the world."

-Elvis commenting to a reporter, 1950's.

“Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in
that man’s shoes.”

-Elvis often used this adaptation of a well-known quotation.

“When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read

comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and
I was the hero in the movie.

So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a

hundred times...
I learned very early in life that: ‘Without a song,
the day would never end; without a song, a man
ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would
never bend - without a song.' So I keep singing a song. Goodnight.
Thank you.”

-From his acceptance speech for the 1970 Ten Outstanding Young Men
of the Nation Award. Given at a ceremony on January 16, 1971. (Elvis
quotes from copyrighted material with lines from the song “Without a
Song”.)

“We do two shows a night for five weeks. A lotta times we’ll go
upstairs and sing until daylight - gospel songs. We grew up with it...It
more or less puts your mind at ease. It does mine.”

-Talking about the informal jam sessions he and the band and entourage
enjoy each night during the lengthy Vegas engagements.

These happen upstairs in Elvis’ suite at the Las Vegas Hilton as they all try to
“wind down” from the excitement and energy of the live shows.
“I’ve never gotten over what they call stage fright. I go through it
every show. I’m pretty concerned, I’m pretty much thinking about the
show.

I never get completely comfortable with it, and I don’t let the people
around me get comfortable with it, in that I remind them that it’s a
new crowd out there, it’s a new audience, and they haven’t seen us
before.

So it’s got to be like the first time we go on.”

-From a 1972 taped interview used in MGM’s documentary “Elvis on

Tour”.

“...the image is one thing and the human being is another...it’s very
hard to live up to an image.”

-From the press conference prior to his record-breaking Madison

Square Garden shows in New York City, 1972.

"I have no use for bodyguards, but I have a very special use for two
highly trained certified public accountants. "

Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) US singer, actor In "Webster's Electronic

Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.

“ ‘Til we meet you again, may God bless you. Adios.”

-Said in 1977 at the end of a concert during his last tour.

“A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is
generated in the crowd and on stage. It’s my favorite part of the
business - live concerts.”

- Elvis at a press conference prior to his 1973 television special,

“Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii, via Satellite”.

"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."

Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) US singer, actor In "Rand Lindsly's HUGE

Quotations File," an Internet collection of quotations.

“Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I
didn’t do anything but just jiggle.”

-famous quote by Elvis from the press conference prior to his record-
breaking Madison Square Garden shows in New York City, 1972.

“The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really

didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my
body was moving.

It’s a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said ‘What’d

I do? What’d I do?’ And he said “Whatever it is, go back and do it
again’.”

-From a 1972 taped interview used in MGM’s documentary “Elvis on Tour”.

"I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. "

Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) US singer, actor

"I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch
"Rebel Without a Cause" a hundred times over. "

Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) US singer, actor In "James Dean in His Own
Words," 1989.

"I've had the boyhood thing of being Elvis. Now I want to be with my
best friend, and my best friend's my wife. Who could ask for anything
more? "

John Lennon (1940 - 1980) English singer, songwriter, musician Interview for
KFRC RKO Radio, given 8 Dec. 1980, the day of Lennon's murder.

"If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would
be dead." Johnny Carson (1925 - ____) US talk show host, comedian.
In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.

"People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style

from anybody . . . . Country music was always an influence on my kind
of music. "

Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) US singer, actor In "The Book of Country Music
Wisdom," ed. by Criswell Freeman, 1994.
Elvis Presley Biography

I do not think that there is one person

living on the planet today that has not
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least one of his songs.

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