Black music Quote by Tony Bennett

ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in…

— Roy Orbison

I love his music because he was my generation. But then again, Elvis is everyone's generation, and he always will be.

— Margaret Thatcher

So what do you think you're Elvis or something, whatever that don't impress me.

— Shania Twain

I'm just a singer, Elvis was the embodiment of the whole American culture.

— Frank Sinatra

I think Elvis Presley is a crooner. Even people like Eddie Vedder, I hear him sing some things and I go "wow". Seal, that…

— Michael Buble

I don't think there is a musician today that hasn't been affected by Elvis' music. His definitive years - 1954-57 - can only be…

— Brian Setzer

Elvis Presley is all there is. There just ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with Elvis. He wrote the book. He is everything…

— Bruce Springsteen

Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique, irreplaceable. More than twenty years ago, he burst upon the…

— Jimmy Carter

The things Elvis has done during his career and the things he has contributed and created are really something very important to the music…

— Bing Crosby

Elvis Presley's talent brightened millions of lives. He widened the horizons of my world certainly. The first record I ever owned was a 78…

— Stephen King

To be honest I was never much of an Elvis fan myself.

— Shakin' Stevens

Elvis Presley is the main founding father of rock music. He was an unheralded genius behind a new music that changed western civilization for…

— Peter Noone