Elvis Quotes

• I romanticize. I live with the ghosts of Elvis and Frank Sinatra. It seems so glamorous. They were American men who don't exist anymore. But there are ugly things about them, too.

  

  Brandon Flowers The Killers
  • Live
  • Ghosts
  • Frank Sinatra

• When I met Elvis, we didn't really have a conversation. I was introduced by my uncle, and he sort of grunted my way. What stays with me is the whole scene. I had never seen a real mob scene before. I was really young and impressionable. Elvis really did look - he looked sort of not real, as if he were glowing.

  

  Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Way
  • Conversation
  • Sort

• 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.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Brothers
  • Dylan
  • Paul

• The only person that anybody's ever said I resemble is a young Elvis. It used to happen a lot more when I was younger, and more when I don't wear a hat.

  

  Jason Aldean
  • Young
  • Elvis
  • Resemble

• I didn't have any inhibitions. I saw Elvis and Gene Vincent, and I thought, "Well, I can do this." And I liked doing it.

  

  Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones
  • Elvis
  • Inhibitions
  • Gene Vincent

• Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?

  

  Freddie Mercury Queen
  • Born
  • Elvis
  • Billy Idol

• She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.

  

  Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Girl
  • Crazy
  • Elvis

• I feel bad about Lil Wayne going to jail, because I don't think anything like this has happened in music since Elvis got drafted into the Army. Let's just keep it real - Lil Wayne is not just the biggest rapper, Lil Wayne is the biggest pop star right now. Maybe Susan Boyle is on his level. But when you talk about music, nice times out of ten, Lil Wayne's name is gonna come into the conversation.

  

  Bun B
  • Music
  • Army
  • Jail

• I'm an Elvis fan because it was Elvis who really got me out of Liverpool.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Fan
  • Elvis
  • Liverpool

• I remember I was five or six when Elvis came out, all the girls were going crazy. I listened to his music and always loved the guitar music in the background.

  

  Bobby Balderrama Question Mark & the Mysterians
  • Music
  • Remember
  • Guitar

• I was nervous. I mean, I'd met the Beatles, and Elvis, and everybody, but this was Salvador Dalí . This was like my history.

  

  Alice Cooper
  • Beatles
  • Elvis
  • Salvador Dali

• I love the Elvis movies. I used to watch them. In every single one of his movies he wasn't acting as a car salesman - he was acting as a car salesman who loved to play guitar.

  

  Larry Mullen, Jr. U2
  • Movies
  • I Love
  • Guitar

• I did two movies with Elvis, and both times not only was he was an absolute joy, but the experience itself was wonderful. He was extremely professional-always on time, knew his lines, and was very much a part of the cast, never pulling rank as the star.

  

  Yvonne Craig
  • Experience
  • Movies
  • Elvis

• Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious Technicolor.

  

  Keith Richards The Rolling Stones
  • Black-and-white
  • Elvis

• Commercial to the core, Elvis was the kind of singer dear to the heart of the music business. For him to sing a song was to sell asong. His G clef was a dollar sign.

  

  Albert Goldman
  • Sing
  • Dollar
  • Elvis

• If Elvis were alive today, I think he'd really understand happy hardcore.

  

  John Peel
  • Alive
  • Elvis
  • Hardcore

• I learned a lot from Elvis. He never took his image seriously. So many performers today put their image before themselves. It can ruin them. Like Elvis, I never took my image seriously.

  

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Image
  • Performers
  • Elvis

• Before Elvis there was nothing.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Elvis

• Elvis was a symbol of the country's vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor.

  

  Jimmy Carter
  • Symbol
  • Elvis

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