Elvis Quotes
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Elvis is iconic; a lot of performers today look to that for inspiration.
Beyonce
Destiny's Child
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Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.
Paul Simon
Simon & Garfunkel
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I'd been working with Elvis, but I just recorded Country, so he, definitely, like you said, encouraged me to try it, but I didn't, right then.
Wanda Jackson
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Elvis ate America before America ate him.
Passenger
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She thinks that he looks like Elvis, when he runs his fingers through that jet black hair.
Joe Diffie
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No one, but no one, is equal, or ever will be. Elvis was and is supreme.
Mick Jagger
The Rolling Stones
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U2 have a lot of religion, also people like Johnny Cash and Elvis. Those people weren't shy about it - it's nice there are people who've come before that were open about...
Brandon Flowers
The Killers
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Elvis was God-given, there's no other explanation. A Messiah comes around every few thousand years, and Elvis was it this time.
Little Richard
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I remember that, before John Lennon died, everyone was saying that Rolling Stone couldn't do good reporting anymore. But when he died, they wrote this amazing issue, as they should have about Lennon. They did that when Elvis died, too.
Cameron Crowe
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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
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Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis. Without Elvis there would be no Beatles.
John Lennon
The Beatles
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I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love them.
John Lennon
The Beatles