I never aspired to be up front. When I was a kid, I didn't ever look in the mirror with a hairbrush going, "Hey, I'm Elvis!"
The last time I saw Elvis was when I played my second New Year's Eve show for him in 1970.
Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life.
Elvis was incredibly cooperative. He would try anything. He wasn't a diva, no prima donna. When it came to work, he was a workhorse.
Elvis' disappearing body is like a flashing event horizon at the edge of the black hole that is America today.
The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them.
The last time I saw Elvis was when I played my second New Years Eve show for him in 1970.
Elvis Presley invited me to Las Vegas for one night but we got on so well that I stayed for three.
I am like a chameleon, influenced by whatever's going on. If Elvis can do it, I can do it. If the Everly Brothers can do it, me and Paul can. Same with Dylan.
It was my Fat Elvis period. I was eating and drinking like a pig. I was depressed and I was crying out for help. It's real. And I meant it.
Although he appeared in some awful movies, Elvis could also be pretty damn good as an actor.
Doing a thing call the Hillbilly Rock, some say it came from Elvis down in Tennessee.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS...guess Elvis use to say it alot and had necklaces made with initials TCB
You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road
The roots are deep inside us
It's the rhythm in our soul.
Everyone likes at least one Elvis song....Me, I love them all. He was, is and will remain the ultimate rock star.
My mom took my sister and me to see Elvis [Presley] in concert when was, maybe 5 or 6, and I liked everything about it.
In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love 'em.
I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas - fat, drugged, and completely out of it.
I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.
The Beatles and the Stones had Elvis and Hollywood, but when it came to my generation America meant Richard Nixon and Vietnam.
You can fool some of the people part of the time in a rock and roll song, fifty million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong.
She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
I remember having a lot of Josh White albums. Johnny Cash. Elvis. I loved the Coasters.
A dozen war reporters and TV crew, and the King Kong Elvis sang right on cue.
I think that gay people should have the right to get married by Elvis like everybody else.
I'm a rock 'n' roll guy, really. I'm a big fan of Elvis. I got "Heartbreak Hotel" tattooed on my chest.
I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.
She thinks that he looks like Elvis, when he runs his fingers through that jet black hair.
Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they're heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy.
You look back at people like Elvis and The Beatles and still get their music because it's timeless. That's what I want.
I would love to hang out with Elvis Costello, to see what he's up to because he seems so fascinating to me.
I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people's success, especially if he had something to do with it.
There were the phone calls and Elvis had asked me to visit him in Los Angeles. This was in 1962.
I got an attitude, that's rude because I walked over Elvis' grave in some blue suede shoes.
My only contact with the outside world was an RCA Victrola, and Elvis would sing, and then I'd dream about expensive cars.
I was flying back from Lubbock and I saw Jesus on the plane, or maybe it was Elvis. You know, they kind of look the same.
A lot of the people I'd love to work with, like John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, aren't alive, unfortunately.
The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that a human being could be so beautiful.
When old Bobby does Elvis, you swear it's the real mccoy. Another Friday night in the life of a country boy.
Also we Italians have something to Elvis Presley: to offer one of the rare occasions when we prefer to be Italian rather than American.
The Beatles never got through to all ages, nor did Elvis Presley, or any of the other monuments of mediocrity that we've had.
Elvis was a major hero of mine. I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.
Elvis may have fueled rock & roll's imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset.
My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.
I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.
Elvis has left the building to climb up that heavenly stair. So what if he looks like a wart-hog in heat?
You know, in my hometown of Hope, Arkansas, the three sacred heroes were Jesus, Elvis, and FDR, not necessarily in that order.
Volbeat is one of those bands, where as soon as I hear them, I know who it is. It sounds like Elvis - backed by a Metal band.
Everyone in rock 'n roll including myself was touched by Elvis's spirit, I was, and always will be a fan.
When I was 13, I saw him [Elvis] perform live and I suddenly understood what sex is all about. I was screaming at the top of my lungs.
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.
I'm a big fan of the young 1950s Elvis when he would just go onstage and control the whole environment.
I was raised on Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly and discovered the Stray Cats when I was 11 or 12 years old.
All we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals...and they killed Elvis Presley.
In five years, I had done 13 films, which I think broke Elvis's record.
A lot of your rock people, even early, like Elvis, have always come from the South.
As you know, I played a little trumpet with Elvis. I overdub a few drum licks here and there on a session, but I'm not a drummer by any means.
Actually, my mother turned me on to the blues. We had Lightnin' Hopkins as well as Elvis Presley records.
Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them.
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