--- title: "5 Elvis Quotes By Roy Orbison" description: "5 Elvis quotes by Roy Orbison. Plus more from Roy Orbison and more Elvis sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/roy-orbison-17008_elvis_elvis-was-the-firstest-with-the-mostest_48028.png" --- > [Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/elvis-was-the-firstest-with-the-mostest/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/roy-orbison-17008_elvis_elvis-was-the-firstest-with-the-mostest_48028.png) > [ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/elvis-presley-was-bigger-than-life-his-success-was-documented-and/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/roy-orbison-17008_america-singer_elvis-presley-was-bigger-than-life-his-s_536507.jpg) > [I saw Elvis live in '54. It was at the Big D Jamboree in Dallas and the first thing, he came out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/i-saw-elvis-live-in-54-it-was-at-the-big-d-jamboree-in-dallas-and-the/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/roy-orbison-17008_affected_i-saw-elvis-live-in-54-it-was-at-the-big_1715150.jpg) > [I waited, and I’m sure Elvis did too, for each Ricky Nelson record like we would a Chuck Berry record or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/i-waited-and-i-m-sure-elvis-did-too-for-each-ricky-nelson-record-like/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/roy-orbison-17008_berries_i-waited-and-i-m-sure-elvis-did-too-for_2607563.jpg) > [Every once in awhile, the world will push up an Elvis Presley or a Beatles. But that's really outside the realm of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/every-once-in-awhile-the-world-will-push-up-an-elvis-presley-or-a/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/roy-orbison-17008_beatles_every-once-in-awhile-the-world-will-push_2885906.png) ## Other authors on Elvis ## More by Roy Orbison > [I started using sunglasses in Alabama. I was going to do a show with Patsy Cline and Bobby Vee, and I left my clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/i-started-using-sunglasses-in-alabama-i-was-going-to-do-a-show-with/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot, love is like a stove, burns you when it's hot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/i-ve-really-learned-a-lot-really-learned-a-lot-love-is-like-a-stove/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/elvis-was-the-firstest-with-the-mostest/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [Without the word dream, or the concept dream, and without the word blue and the emotions, I would have been really limited in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/without-the-word-dream-or-the-concept-dream-and-without-the-word-blue/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [It's a gift, and a blessing, just to have a voice. And I'm proud that people do appreciate it, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/it-s-a-gift-and-a-blessing-just-to-have-a-voice-and-i-m-proud-that/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [Before you go to sleep, do not forget to say thanks for everything good that has happened to you in the last 24 hours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/before-you-go-to-sleep-do-not-forget-to-say-thanks-for-everything/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [I always felt each instrumental and vocal inflection had to be special... I'd spend almost as much time on those as I'd spend on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/i-always-felt-each-instrumental-and-vocal-inflection-had-to-be/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [I learned my first songs when I was six and seven, and when I was eight years old, I won a local talent show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/i-learned-my-first-songs-when-i-was-six-and-seven-and-when-i-was/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/elvis-presley-was-bigger-than-life-his-success-was-documented-and/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [Barbara and I wanted to do a television special, and she put it together with T Bone Burnett, and they came up with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/barbara-and-i-wanted-to-do-a-television-special-and-she-put-it/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [The image, like the voice, came in stages. I never sat down with anyone and said, 'Let's design an image.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/the-image-like-the-voice-came-in-stages-i-never-sat-down-with-anyone/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/pretty-woman-i-don-t-believe-you-you-re-not-the-truth-no-one-could/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [Looking back on it now, I felt that I was blessed much like the masters, I guess - the guys who wrote the concertos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/looking-back-on-it-now-i-felt-that-i-was-blessed-much-like-the/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/only-the-lonely-know-the-way-i-feel-tonight/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) > [You set out to whip the world, and then, when you get beat up a little bit... In my case, you say, 'Father, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/you-set-out-to-whip-the-world-and-then-when-you-get-beat-up-a-little/) [Roy Orbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-orbison/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elvis/roy-orbison/#itemlist", "name": "5 Elvis Quotes By Roy Orbison", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roy Orbison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-orbison/elvis-was-the-firstest-with-the-mostest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/roy-orbison-17008_elvis_elvis-was-the-firstest-with-the-mostest_48028.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/roy-orbison-17008_elvis_elvis-was-the-firstest-with-the-mostest_48028.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/roy-orbison-17008_elvis_elvis-was-the-firstest-with-the-mostest_48028.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.” — Roy Orbison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. 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