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It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record. -- Mac Davis
Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee. -- Tracy Morgan
I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people. -- George Thorogood
God's the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That's solely in the hands of God. -- Johnny Cash
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people. -- Joey Ramone
I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley. -- Samantha Barks
I've loved music always, and my music fire was lit by Elvis Presley, really, and all that was happening back then. -- David Lynch
I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000. -- Ahmet Ertegun
Frankly speaking, I don't know much about rock music. But I enjoyed some when I was in college or high school. But I stopped listening after Elvis Presley! -- Ban Ki-moon
People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing. -- Muhammad Ali
And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara. -- Phil Ochs
Throughout the '50s, tons of unknown locals came through Sun to record their demos. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis all made their first recordings at the former Memphis Recording Service. -- Shawn Amos
I guess I thought I was Elvis Presley but I'll tell ya something. All Elvis did was stand on a stage and play a guitar. He never fell off on that pavement at no 80 mph. -- Evel Knievel
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 some way or another by Elvis Presley. He turned the world around. -- Mac Davis
When I heard Elvis Presley, then I knew I had to do music. Music is my god, and is the only love that has never left me. It has always been there and is my best friend. -- Ville Valo
I like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all the way back to Elvis Presley, but it's kind of like that's never really been my bag. Probably because I'm too shy. -- Frank Black
Music and fashion have had a kind of incestuous relationship since the Fifties. It started with people like Elvis Presley and pop icons like James Dean. Then it exploded in the MTV days. Now, with the Internet, it's instantaneous. -- John Varvatos
When I was in high school in the '50s you were supposed to be an Elvis Presley, a James Dean, a Marlon Brando or a Kingston Trio type in a button-down shirt headed for the fraternities at Stanford or Cal. -- Robert Hass
The Best of Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hailey and the Comets, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Frankie Laine all topped the charts in the '50s. Load a playlist of rock n' roll royalty. You're spoilt for choice. -- Sara Sheridan
The first record I ever listened to was Elvis Presley, and I remember thinking, 'Man this guy is cool!' The swagger he had really helped my confidence, because he really made me think that a white boy could make music like this. -- Jesse McCartney
I have fame on the level of a Marilyn Monroe or an Elvis Presley, but part of the reason I didn't go the way they did was because of my beliefs. People make judgments about Scientology, but often they don't know what they're talking about. -- John Travolta
I saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores. -- Bobby Vinton
To see someone 70 years old with dyed black hair, you're like, 'Hmmm, I dunno. Is that a wrinkled teenager? What is that?' So at some point, I'm going to have to stop doing this. It's gonna look ridiculous. I don't wanna look like Elvis Presley at 60 years old. -- Peter Steele
I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers. -- Ian McLagan
One gets the impression that Elvis Presley does what his business advisors think will be most profitable. My advice to them: Put Elvis Presley in the studio with a bunch of good, contemporary rockers, lock the studio up, and tell him he can't come out until he's done made an album that rocks from beginning to end. -- Jon Landau
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 Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time. -- Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley? He's God. -- Madonna Ciccone
Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland. -- Billy Joel
I think Elvis Presley will never be solved -- Nick Tosches
Almost no one sings like Elvis Presley any more. -- Sonny Bono
Elvis Presley had nothing to do with excellence, just myth. -- Marlon Brando
I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little. -- Gina Gershon
He never contributed a damn thing to music. (on Elvis Presley) -- Bing Crosby
I wouldn't have Elvis Presley on my show at any time. -- Ed Sullivan
Two thousand years from now they'll still be hearing about Elvis Presley. -- Wolfman Jack
If Elvis Presley had been a bowhunter, he'd probably be alive today. -- Ted Nugent
Before we get started, let's all say 'Happy Birthday' to Elvis Presley today. -- Michele Bachmann
Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know. -- Muhammad Ali
The confidence Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson exuded from stage, I'm a fan of. -- Bruno Mars
In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley. -- Charley Pride
Elvis Presley was the first and the best. He is my favorite of all time. -- William J. Clinton
Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences. -- Gordon Waller
Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be. -- Chuck Berry
Elvis Presley is my spiritual father, and as you may know Maria Callas is my spiritual mother. -- Klaus Nomi
When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley. -- Paul McCartney
Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they're heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy. -- Bob Seger
I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley. -- Bryan Ferry
The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died. We drove to Memphis, the sky was hard and black. -- Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me. -- Arne Glimcher
Over the years I have met a lot of important people, but no one as important as Elvis Presley. -- Art Buchwald
I don't consider myself no attractive man. People like Tom Jones and Elvis Presley - I'm not nothing like that. -- Muhammad Ali
From 1955 until 1965 Jimmy Hoffa was as famous as Elvis Presley. From 1965 until 1975 Jimmy Hoffa was as famous as the Beatles. -- Jimmy Hoffa
You're no Elvis Presley, I'm no Marilyn Monroe, but I do think you're sexy, just thought I'd tell you so. -- Dolly Parton
The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader. -- Phil Ochs
All we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals...and they killed Elvis Presley. -- Bjork
Elvis Presley, you can't define him in a couple of sentences, but he was a country boy and he was very respectful. -- Jerry Leiber
With no pretensions of art, Viva Las Vegas, the new Elvis Presley vehicle, is about as pleasant and unimportant as a Banana Split. -- Howard Thompson
The parallels between Elvis and Michael Jackson as incredible artists is evident. But I think that where Michael Jackson even transcends Elvis Presley. -- Michael Eric Dyson
I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road.... -- Little Richard
Once upon a time, there was a generation of parents who were certain that Elvis Presley's unashamed hip-swivellingvwas most certainly the end of society. -- Charlie Caruso
It doesn't matter is you call it 'Obama-care' or 'Elvis Presley care' or 'I-don't-care care.' It cannot sustain itself in its present form. -- Alan K. Simpson
Also we Italians have something to Elvis Presley: to offer one of the rare occasions when we prefer to be Italian rather than American. -- Indro Montanelli
This is Graceland. Home of the most famous musician in the world." "Michael Jackson lived here?" "No, dummy," Carter said. "Elvis Presley. -- Rick Riordan
I felt like I kind of got to know [Elvis Presley], and got a little peek inside what was going on there. That was pretty amazing. -- Cassandra Peterson
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 lived. -- Eddie Murphy
Elvis Presley is the main founding father of rock music. He was an unheralded genius behind a new music that changed western civilization for all time. -- Peter Noone
You can fool some of the people part of the time in a rock and roll song, fifty million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong. -- John Prine
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 anything about the music! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
The money thing is, the sort of Elvis Presley thing of buying you mother car is great, that's very good. My mother has learned how to spend money. -- Bill Murray
I have an oval-shaped scar on the knuckle of my right index finger from crashing my hand through a light fixture while practicing Elvis Presley moves in college. -- Peter Lerangis
But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making. -- John Shelton Reed
I think Elvis Presley is a crooner. Even people like Eddie Vedder, I hear him sing some things and I go "wow". Seal, that kind of nice voice, too. -- Michael Buble
Though I'm not the first king of controversy, I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley. To do black music so selfishly, and use it to get myself wealthy. -- Eminem
People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know. -- Robert Wyatt
As the lad himself might say, cut my legs off and call me Shorty! Elvis Presley can act...Acting is his assignment in this shrewdly upholstered showcase, and he does it. -- Howard Thompson
When Michael Jackson, a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich, white woman, married Elvis Presley's daughter the Scientologist. Makes you proud to be an American, dudn't it? -- Molly Ivins
When I was twelve, the biggest name in Rock and Roll was Elvis Presley. I bought an EP, "King Creole". I hid it in the basement, but my mother found it. -- Klaus Nomi
I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing. -- Al Jarreau
The Spanish PM rang me to say: 'I have the support of only 4 per cent of the people.' I said, 'Crikey, that's even less than think Elvis Presley is still alive.' -- Tony Blair
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 to do and not to do in the music business. -- Bruce Springsteen
I don't want to be a rock star all my life. I couldn't bear to end up like Elvis Presley in Las Vegas with all those housewives and old ladies coming in with their handbags -- Mick Jagger
I never liked the whole thing about pictures with the artists. You look back at an Elvis Presley record, and you don't see any producer credits, because the audience is not supposed to know about the producer credit. -- Chris Blackwell
Especially with four insanely angry, sword-carrying pirates bearing down on you, followed closely by an alien with a genetic malfunction that posed like Elvis Presley and looked slightly like a cross between a koala and a cuddly dog. -- Ridley Pearson
You weren't supposed to hear Elvis Presley. You weren't supposed to hear Jerry Lee Lewis. You weren't supposed to hear Robert Johnson. You weren't supposed to hear Hank Williams. And they told the story of the secret America. -- Bruce Springsteen
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 them. Like my man, Elvis Presley - I was the Elvis of boxing. -- Muhammad Ali
I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000. I should have gotten the Beatles. But one of my lawyers kind of messed up. -- Ahmet Ertegun
I like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all the way back to Elvis Presley, but it's kind of like that's never really been my bag. Probably because I'm too shy. -- Frank Black
Presley brought an excitement to singing, in part because rock and roll was greeted as his invention, but for other reasons not so widely reflected on: Elvis Presley had the most beautiful singing voice of any human being on earth. -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
But we weren't a phenomenon like the Beatles or Elvis Presley or the Rolling Stones: We were only as good as our last hit. We lived on our music and couldn't slide on anything - and this show is that story. -- Bob Gaudio
There would be no Rock and Roll without Ike Turner, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, etc. Fake ghetto books and fake ghetto music. Elvis Presley, whom they idol, is merely a karaoke makeover of James Brown and Chuck Berry. -- Ishmael Reed
I've met a lot of famous people. I'm lucky enough to have been able to be Elvira. I would probably have to say the most famous is probably Elvis Presley, though. I spent an evening, a night, and part of the next day with him. -- Cassandra Peterson
I wanted to say to Elvis Presley and the country that this is a real decent, fine boy, and wherever you go, Elvis, we want to say we've never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we've had with you. -- Ed Sullivan
When I lived in Las Vegas, I was meeting everybody: Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones - we won't go there - but all these people that were working in Vegas a million years ago, way before I was Elvira. -- Cassandra Peterson
My own musical ambitions were born when I was five, watching the Ed Sullivan Show on TV. When Elvis Presley burst on to the screen, singing 'Don't Be Cruel,' I felt my first sexual thrill, though I didn't know what it was at the time. -- Suzi Quatro
Elvis Presley - his music, his movies, his photos. I come across a new image of him every day and try to imagine what he was thinking, what inspired him. His talent and beauty were just incredible, and his passion for life, family, and friends inspires me. -- Kristen Taekman
The fact is Jerry Weintraub, the handsome, bearish movie producer, the man with the long career, who worked with Arthur Godfrey and Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra and George Clooney, is a great storyteller - he's this as much as he's anything else. He takes time telling stories, too. -- Rich Cohen
...Scotty Moore plays one of the first really amazing riffs in rock history on Heartbreak Hotel with Elvis Presley ... it was dangerous, it scared everybodys parents, which was part of the attraction then - as it still is now... it totally blindsided me and made me want to get a guitar and do that ... -- Roger McGuinn
I have a very long and beautiful love affair with Elvis Presley. I own every record he ever made, so I have about 150, almost 200 records of his. So much that I haven't even listened to all of them. I see an Elvis record that I don't have, and I'll buy it and put it in my collection. -- Alexandra Shipp
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man. I'm doing a very bad imitation on the bass of Jerry Jemmott, Bernard Odum, Jimmy Fielder, Jimmy Blanton, Igor Stravinsky, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, James Brown, Charlie Parker... the cats, man. I'm just backing up the cats. -- Jaco Pastorius
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 lived. And I think it's because he had such presence. When Elvis walked into a room, Elvis Presley was in the f***ing room. I don't give a f*** who was in the room with him, Bogart, Marilyn Monroe. -- Eddie Murphy
I think the best analogy for where we are right now is that America is Elvis Presley -- the most beautiful, talented, rebellious nation in the history of Earth. And now, you're in your Vegas years. You've squeezed yourself into a white jumpsuit, you're wheezing your way through 'Love Me Tender' and you might be about to pass away bloated on the toilet. But you're still the King. -- John Oliver
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Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return. -- Elvis Costello
You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine. -- Elvis Costello
Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life. -- Lisa Marie Presley
When one of Lisa's baby teeth fell out here, the tooth fairy left her 50 cents. Another tooth fell out when she was with her father in Las Vegas, and that tooth fairy left her $5. When I told Elvis that 50 cents would be more in line, he laughed. He knew I was not criticizing him; how would Elvis Presley know the going rate for a tooth? -- Priscilla Presley
My mom took my sister and me to see Elvis [Presley] in concert when was, maybe 5 or 6, and I liked everything about it. -- Billy Gibbons
Most performers reinvent themselves. Madonna, Michael Jackson, P. Diddy. They reinvent themselves into different kinds of images. Elvis [Presley] was always himself, an original, and he never tried to be anything but that. -- Pat Boone

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