Elvis Quotes
333 quotes by 232 authors
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Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd,…
— Andy Gibb
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Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you that they weren't influenced in…
— Mac Davis
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People don't realise what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never be anything like…
— Muhammad Ali
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Larry Geller’s Leaves of Elvis’ Garden is by far the best book I have ever read about Elvis. It is emotional, revealing and spiritual, and…
— Uri Geller
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There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him…
— Frank Sinatra
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That's my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you'd see pictures all over of Elvis. He's just the greatest entertainer that ever…
— Eddie Murphy
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I think the best analogy for where we are right now is that America is Elvis Presley -- the most beautiful, talented, rebellious nation in…
— John Oliver
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He walked into a room and everything stopped. Elvis was just so physically beautiful that even if he didn't have any talent... just his face,…
— Tuesday Weld
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Tonight, I would like to pay tribute to the greatest entertainer of all time, Mr. Elvis Presley. Elvis was Las Vegas. And if it wasn't…
— Celine Dion
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Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the twentieth century. He introduced the beat to everything, music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution…
— Leonard Bernstein
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And when Elvis was unhappy, believe me, everyone was unhappy.
— Priscilla Presley
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Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.
— Chuck Berry
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I remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun Studios. Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent. He was a…
— B B King
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My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but y'all ain't no Chuck Berry.
— Jerry Lee Lewis
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On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven.
— Sammy Davis, Jr.
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I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain't my business what he did in private. The only thing I want to know…
— Sammy Davis, Jr.
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I waited, and I’m sure Elvis did too, for each Ricky Nelson record like we would a Chuck Berry record or a Fats Domino record,…
— Roy Orbison
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I remember the revelation it was to me when I realized I'd rather be smart in the way Elvis Presley was than in the way,…
— Richard Hell
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I only know two cats in this business that really had it all; Elvis was one of those guys, the other was Ricky Nelson. There…
— Carl Perkins
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I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about…
— Elvis Costello
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