Elvis Presley Quotes:

The King of Rock and Roll

My songs are a way of caressing people with my voice.

It's not how much you have that people look up to you, it's who you are.

I was an overnight sensation.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.

I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

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Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.

From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

I'm no hillbilly singer.

I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.

I was an only child, and Mother was always right with me all my life. I used to get very angry at her when I was growing up-it's a natural thing.

I never expected to be anybody important.

Talent is bein' able to sell what you're feeling.

Elvis Presley - Amazing Grace

I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.

I like entertaining people. I really miss it.

After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.

I miss my singing career very much.

I don't think it'll ever die completely out because they're gonna have to get something mighty good to take its place.

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Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.

I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.

I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.

I don't do any vulgar movements.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.

Elvis Presley: Always On My Mind

I think I have something tonight that's not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes.

I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out.

I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax.

I'll stay in Memphis.

I don't set any kind of bad example. My music appeals to teenagers because it's strongly emotional.

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I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.

I'll never make it, it will never happen, because they're never going to hear me 'cause they're screaming all the time.

More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me.

I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.

I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me.

It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.

The most beautiful thing in the world to me is a baby lookin' as pretty as her mama.

Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender

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.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

I'd just like to be treated like a regular customer.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.

Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.

I didn't know what I wanted to do as a kid. But I used to pray to God that I'd amount to something some day. I never dreamed that something like this would happen.

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

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