““[W]hat upset grownups of both sexes about Elvis' performance was that he had broken the deepest taboo of all. He used his body as rhythmically and erotically and seductively as a woman--that was the forbidden territory he had entered. It was not only repulsive and offensive--it was nauseating--the word most used. It was an attack on male dignity. The kids, however, not yet grown into the stereotypes of gender, saw in him an exhilarating physical freedom.””
![“[W]hat upset grownups of both sexes about Elvis' performance was that he had broken the deepest taboo of all. He used his body as rhythmically and erotically and seductively as a woman--that was the forbidden territory he had entered. It was not only repulsive and offensive--it was nauseating--the…” quote by Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c39/elaine-dundy-10668_elvis_w-hat-upset-grownups-of-both-sexes-about_2729825.jpg)
![“First I found [Elvis] to be a gentleman and then a gentle man. I found he could be sensitive to small issues. For someone of his stature there is very little for him to notice, ya know? He's so insulated by the people who surround him and by his own popularity. And yet Elvis will still find little…” quote by Bill Bixby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7ee/bill-bixby-47628_firsts_first-i-found-elvis-to-be-a-gentleman-an_766997.jpg)
![“[T]he question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don’t we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.” quote by Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/571/elaine-dundy-10668_god-knows_t-he-question-actors-most-often-get-aske_539060.jpg)
![“Elvis [Presley] had a stepstool, if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture. They identified with him. Michael Jackson had to come further and go deeper into the pit of possibility of American democracy and of cultural expression.” quote by Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/28f/michael-eric-dyson-1424_american-democracy_elvis-presley-had-a-stepstool-if-you-wil_62719.jpg)