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title: "4 Elvis Quotes By Bruce Springsteen"
description: "4 Elvis quotes by Bruce Springsteen. Plus more from Bruce Springsteen and more Elvis sayings from other authors."
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> [Elvis Presley is all there is. There just ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with Elvis. He wrote the book. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/elvis-presley-is-all-there-is-there-just-ain-t-no-more-everything/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/bruce-springsteen-546_book_elvis-presley-is-all-there-is-there-just_512774.jpg)

> [That Elvis, man, he is all there is. There ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with him. He wrote the book.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/that-elvis-man-he-is-all-there-is-there-ain-t-no-more-everything/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

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> [Elvis is my religion. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/elvis-is-my-religion-but-for-him-i-d-be-selling-encyclopedias-right/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/bruce-springsteen-546_elvis_elvis-is-my-religion-but-for-him-i-d-be_2651883.jpg)

> [See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I had to get a guitar the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/see-i-was-nine-years-old-when-i-saw-elvis-on-ed-sullivan-and-i-had-to/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

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## Other authors on Elvis

## More by Bruce Springsteen

> [I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/i-understand-that-it-s-the-music-that-keeps-me-alive-that-s-my/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [When I die throw my body in the back and drive me to the junk yard in my Cadillac.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/when-i-die-throw-my-body-in-the-back-and-drive-me-to-the-junk-yard-in/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/when-you-start-talking-about-elections-being-rigged-you-re-pushing/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [I got Mary pregnant and man that's all she wrote. And for my 19th birthday, I got a union card and a factory coat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/i-got-mary-pregnant-and-man-that-s-all-she-wrote-and-for-my-19th/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [ I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music \[who wasn't influenced by something\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/i-don-t-know-if-i-know-anyone-with-the-exception-of-the-early/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [People see you onstage and, yeah, I'd want to be that guy.I want to be that guy myself very often.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/people-see-you-onstage-and-yeah-i-d-want-to-be-that-guy-i-want-to-be/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [You know, my music utilizes things from the past, because that's what the past is for. It's to learn from. It's not to limit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/you-know-my-music-utilizes-things-from-the-past-because-that-s-what/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed off .410 on my lap, through the Badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/from-the-town-of-lincoln-nebraska-with-a-sawed-off-410-on-my-lap/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [I want a thousand guitars . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/i-want-a-thousand-guitars/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [In America everything's about who's number one today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/in-america-everything-s-about-who-s-number-one-today/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [A pop song is a condensed version of a life in three minutes, whereas, when you go to write your prose, you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/a-pop-song-is-a-condensed-version-of-a-life-in-three-minutes-whereas/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [I walked a thousand miles just to slip this skin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/i-walked-a-thousand-miles-just-to-slip-this-skin/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [The moment you begin to depend on audience reaction, you're doing the wrong thing. You're doin' it wrong, it's a mistake, it's not right.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/the-moment-you-begin-to-depend-on-audience-reaction-you-re-doing-the/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [The name 'Boss' started with people that worked for me... It was not meant like Boss, capital B, it was meant like 'Boss, where's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/the-name-boss-started-with-people-that-worked-for-me-it-was-not-meant/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

> [The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/the-country-we-carry-in-our-hearts-is-waiting/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

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