Elvis Presley Quotes
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It just happened. I like to sing, and well, I just started singing and folks just started listening. I can't tell folks that I worked and learned and studied, and overcame disappointments, because I didn't.
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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.'
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'To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.'
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Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn't do anything but just jiggle.
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I'm strictly for Adlai Stevenson. I don't dig the intellectual bit, but I'm telling you man, he knows the most.
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... I just know that, right now, … the biggest record selling business there is is rock and roll.
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Rock and roll is a music, and why should a music contribute to … juvenile delinquency? If people are going to be juvenile delinquents, they're going to be delinquents if they hear … Mother Goose rhymes.
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The image is one thing and the human being is another...it's very hard to live up to an image.
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I like Brando's acting … and James Dean … and Richard Widmark. Quite a few of 'em I like.
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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.
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I'm never going to sing another song I don't believe in. I'm never going to make another picture I don't believe in.
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What honey? What is that? It's a sign, I can't see it, wait a minute. Oh, thank you darlin', thank you very much. Oh, thank you. The thought is beautiful dear, and I love you for it, but I, I haven't been caught up in this thing and I can't accept this kingship thing because to me there's only one, which is Christ.