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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
Elvis is this thing, this commodity, and people forget that he was a real person.
Elvis Presley's music said, 'Free your body.' The Beatles said, 'Free your mind.'
Elvis was really sweet and kind of bashful, but he didn't have a whole lot to say.
It doesn't get much better than playing Elvis during the early days of his career.
When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
A lot of your rock people, even early, like Elvis, have always come from the South.
I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.
I remember having a lot of Josh White albums. Johnny Cash. Elvis. I loved the Coasters.
When somebody like Elvis Costello comes along, anybody can make a good record with him.
I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.
The last time I saw Elvis was when I played my second New Year's Eve show for him in 1970.
Although he appeared in some awful movies, Elvis could also be pretty damn good as an actor.
I have written for, very fortunately, some great singers from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.
I want to play main rooms in Vegas. I want to play every day like Elvis did, not just weekends.
Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me.
God's the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That's solely in the hands of God.
There were the phone calls and Elvis had asked me to visit him in Los Angeles. This was in 1962.
Elvis Presley invited me to Las Vegas for one night but we got on so well that I stayed for three.
Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life.
They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.
Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways.
My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country.
Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.
One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.
Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
Elvis and I continued to be friends, and I saw him once or twice a year. But he was a troubled person.
Elvis couldn't leave the hotel except under heavy guard. It was incredible how they went wild over him.
Elvis walked over and signed a few autographs over the fence. They were screaming. I had never seen this.
Actually, my mother turned me on to the blues. We had Lightnin' Hopkins as well as Elvis Presley records.
I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.
I once made a giant six-foot can of Crisco that a person had to dance in and that had an Elvis wig on top.
I was raised on Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly and discovered the Stray Cats when I was 11 or 12 years old.
Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them.
The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, 'Your ego will get you killed.'
It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.
Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee.
When I was 8, I thought I was Harrison Ford, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Elvis, and Chuck Norris all at once.
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
Diana Krall I met in, I think it was Canada. She's a lovely lady. Her husband, Elvis Costello, is a great star.
You don't necessarily have to write a song to make it your own. After all, Elvis never wrote a song in his life.
I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley.
The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis.
I was about 7 and my family was eating at a restaurant when we saw my first Elvis impersonator by total accident.
My first guitar was a Gretsch 6120, and I just loved listening to artists like Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stray Cats.
I've loved music always, and my music fire was lit by Elvis Presley, really, and all that was happening back then.
Elvis Presley, you can't define him in a couple of sentences, but he was a country boy and he was very respectful.
I love OneRepublic, The Script, All Time Low. I love pretty much every genre. I love the Rolling Stones and Elvis.