Ability Quote by Jack Gould

Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability . . . For the ear he is an unutterable bore, not nearly so talented as Frank…

— Jack Gould

Elvis Presley once said that I don't know anything about the music. It is because he is the music itself! The nightingales don't know…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Elvis's voice was unique. Like so many others, he had natural, technical ability, but there was something in the humanity of his voice, and…

— Ian Gillan

Almost no one sings like Elvis Presley any more.

— Sonny Bono

Presley brought an excitement to singing, in part because rock and roll was greeted as his invention, but for other reasons not so widely…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

Elvis does his own singing and selects his own songs for his records. Hundreds of songs are submitted to him. I don't even attempt…

— Colonel Tom Parker

Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going…

— Brian Setzer

Every time I talk about this, I say: when the singer is singing, he must be respected, you must be able to hear what…

— Compay Segundo

Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether.

— Greil Marcus

Presley sounded like Jayne Mansfield looked - blowsy and loud and low.

— Julie Burchill

You want me to describe Elvis, wow!

— Shania Twain

I don't - I don't like that style, myself. I never did like Elvis's singing, but there was millions that did.

— Ralph Stanley