Top 100 Quotes About Elvis
#1. 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
#2. Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.
B.B. King
#4. I'll miss all my teammates. I'll miss Elvis (Andrus) and (Adrian) Beltre, Mitch (Moreland), Matt Harrison and [manager Ron] Washington. To be honest with you, I hope they go 0-162. I got friends, and I love my friends, but I hope they lose their ass.
Ian Kinsler
#5. Elvis was incredibly cooperative. He would try anything. He wasn't a diva, no prima donna. When it came to work, he was a workhorse.
Jerry Leiber
#6. So I bought a forty-four magnum, it was solid steel cast, and in the blessed name of Elvis, well I just let it blast 'til my TV lay in pieces.
Bruce Springsteen
#7. Are there any other missing persons living under your roof? Elvis? Jimmy Hoffa? Amelia Earhart? I'd just like full disclosure now, before we go any further.
Maggie Stiefvater
#8. Nothing really affected me until Elvis.
John Lennon
#9. 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
#10. 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
#11. We followed the bondage Bobbsey Twins across the crowded dance floor. Those leather shorts were an adventure from behind, let me tell you.
And the pictures of Elvis decorating the walls were an education, too. It wasn't often you ran into a bondage/Elvis/ whorehouse-themed vampire
club.
Charlaine Harris
#12. When I see Facebook, I feel like Howlin' Wolf must have felt when he first heard Elvis. 'They finally taught a white boy to do this.'
Jeffrey Zeldman
#13. Wonder of wonders, the box had Elvis. Immediately the bar seemed a better place. She fed in coins and then punched the keys for "Hound Dog." Too bad Elvis had never recorded one called "Dickhead.
Jennifer Crusie
#14. In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
Charley Pride
#15. Because Elvis gave 'em cars, you think I'm cheap.
Joni Mitchell
#16. Another Elvis will not come along. He got wasted, but it's alright.
David Byrne
#17. The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience.
Cher
#18. One night I saw Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Elvis for a dollar, if you believe that, in an open-air concert. Presley, I got to meet and go into his house and so forth. My wife says I should quit tellin' that story, 'cause they'll know how old I am.
William Sanderson
#19. The Kenyans beat up on the American runners in every road race every weekend of the year, but we're way ahead of them in the number and quality of our Elvis impersonators. We get our X-Men and gorillas.
Don Kardong
#20. I can always remember that experience in Hawaii pleasantly on account of Elvis.
Minnie Pearl
#21. I'm an Elvis fan because it was Elvis who really got me out of Liverpool.
John Lennon
#22. What happens with 'Mad Men,' it's like an Elvis Costello album; I'll watch it, and then I immediately have to watch it again. AMC will play it back-to-back. I have a tendency to yell at it when my wife's not around because if she catches me yelling at 'Mad Men,' then it gets weird.
Michael Weatherly
#23. David was "a star, the Elvis of the Bible." An unusually for such a rockstar with his lust for power, lust for women, lust for life, he had humility of one who knew his gift work harder than he ever would.
Bono
#24. Eventually everyone has to die, except Elvis.
Dave Barry
#25. I read an article that said one in five Americans thinks Elvis is alive. I want to find those morons and get them registered to vote for me.
Pat Paulsen
#26. When I first came into this world, Elvis was already fat.
Jane Wagner
#27. I was an original Elvis fan. He was the voice of my generation. I was listening to him on the radio when he released his great Sun records with Scotty Moore on electric guitar and Bill Black on bass.
Ronnie Milsap
#28. Elvis saved my life when I was 13 or 14. He saved all our lives.
Eric Idle
#29. 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
#30. I was madly in love with Elvis Presley. Dad wasn't into it at all, at least not for himself as a performer. He used to say, 'Mr. Cole does not rock n' roll.'
Natalie Cole
#31. Wouldn't it be interesting to take Elvis back to his Sun Records period? I don't know. But I'm content to listen to his Sun Records. I don't want to dig him up out of the grave.
John Lennon
#32. As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis.
Priscilla Presley
#33. Without Elvis none of us could have made it.
Buddy Holly
#34. 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
#35. I had to do something, because the minute I broke up with Elvis, I fell in love with him.
Nell Zink
#36. Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.
Jackie DeShannon
#37. I never look for music by genre. I look for an artist who puts a dependable trademark on things. Like Elvis Costello - he's a great songwriter who presents his songs in a number of contexts. I feel the same about my own music.
Todd Rundgren
#38. People define themselves to some degree by the music that they listened to as teens. My mom had Elvis. Me, I had 'The Who' and later punk rock. Kids who came up in the '80s had other songs and bands. It's a way of placing ourselves culturally and temporally.
Jennifer Egan
#39. Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.
Roy Orbison
#40. I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.
Ed Westwick
#41. 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
#42. Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious Technicolor.
Keith Richards
#44. I don't believe in magic ... I don't believe in Jesus ... I don't believe in Buddha ... I don't believe in Elvis ... I don't believe in Beatles.
John Lennon
#45. I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones.
Patti Page
#46. Everyone in rock 'n roll including myself was touched by Elvis's spirit, I was, and always will be a fan.
Bryan Ferry
#47. And it's not the real Elvis you need to resemble, it's the imitation Elvises. Not hard to look like one of them.
Margaret Atwood
#48. Elvis said, Miss Minnie, do you think it would be out of order if I go up and speak to General Stewart? I've always been such a fan of his. So Elvis went up to speak to the Stewarts.
Minnie Pearl
#49. Elvis and I continued to be friends, and I saw him once or twice a year. But he was a troubled person.
Ursula Andress
#51. 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
#52. I've come to view Jesus much the way I view Elvis. I love the guy but the fan clubs really freak me out,
John Fugelsang
#53. Yeah, and I recently had my first Elvis moment. A gang of young girls was jumping all over me. It was kinda scary. And totally flattering.
Channing Tatum
#54. Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
Bono
#55. He had a Halloween party and I dressed up as The King. One of the more enjoyable nights I've had. Nobody recognized me. They recognized me, but they recognized me as Elvis. I might have to bring that back to Indianapolis.
Peyton Manning
#56. There's an Elvis movie on the marquee sign, we've all seen at least three times.
Hal Ketchum
#57. 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
#58. I was onstage with Menudo since I was 12 years old. To us, the most successful one was the guy with the most fans. If you moved your hips and the girls screamed, you were getting it right. Who wouldn't want to be like Elvis or Jim Morrison!
Ricky Martin
#59. I'd like to think they're staring at me because of my white-hot animal magnetism, but I'm not Elvis. I'm Lobster Boy, hear me roar.
Richard Kadrey
#60. It was like Elvis came along and whispered some dream in everybody's ear
Bruce Springsteen
#61. I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.
Wyclef Jean
#62. The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis.
Robbie Robertson
#63. One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because people who don't normally watch news are watching then. The question is, do you want to attract people who don't watch network news or fight over the people who do?
Roone Arledge
#64. 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
#65. Before we get started, let's all say 'Happy Birthday' to Elvis Presley today.
Michele Bachmann
#66. There are plenty of people who believe that Elvis is alive, or that aliens occasionally land here to do highly personal things to people, or that the whole idea of evolution is a conspiracy of godless scientists. Almost all of these people can vote and some of them have got guns.
Terry Pratchett
#67. I was recognized as being an artist and a storyteller. If Hulk Hogan was the Elvis of wrestling, I was the Robert De Niro.
Bret Hart
#69. I found Elvis on the Internet, I went camping with a young cadet, he showed me his bayonet.
Mary Chapin Carpenter
#70. Elvis was the king. No doubt about it.
Rod Stewart
#71. I heard a political message in rock music. A liberation message. A message of freedom. I heard it in Elvis' voice.
Bruce Springsteen
#72. I never wanted to be a prophet or a saviour. Elvis maybe
Bob Dylan
#73. The jukebox changed to Elvis's "Don't Be Cruel," and Tinsley smiled her patented Carmichael smile, the one that seemed to say, I'm holding all the cards, but be honored that I've let you play.
Cecily Von Ziegesar
#74. I can remember just learning to walk and trying to dance like Elvis and sing like Elvis, so I was very, very passionate about music at a very young age.
Drake Bell
#75. Are you afraid I'm going to kick your ass? Because you seem to be holding back," I said. Ethan's lip curled. "That's not an answer," I said, "but it is a pretty good Elvis impersonation." I gestured him forward with a crooked finger.
Chloe Neill
#76. ELVIS & MARILYN:
The deader they get -
the more money they make.
Chocolate Waters
#77. I don't sing to people. I sing for them. I told that once to Elvis Presley. He bought it. After that Elvis sang not to but for the audience. A subtle difference.
Tony Martin
#78. On my US tour maybe three out of 30 shows there was an Elvis impersonator in the crowd but that's it. I usually get younger fans, and those that come that are of an older generation end up walking out because it's too loud.
Lisa Marie Presley
#79. I got married and basically forgot about Elvis. Then Speedway came. That was the most fun of all, to see him every day all those weeks.
Nancy Sinatra
#80. I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.
Robin Trower
#81. I love OneRepublic, The Script, All Time Low. I love pretty much every genre. I love the Rolling Stones and Elvis.
Ross Lynch
#82. The last time I saw Elvis was when I played my second New Year's Eve show for him in 1970.
Ronnie Milsap
#83. Apparently, organizers kept Elvis Presley from joining his school's glee club. They said his voice would ruin their sound.
Ken Robinson
#84. See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why I never let him get older.
Mickey Spillane
#86. 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
#87. Really? Because I recall you asking the Elvis impersonator at your Vegas wedding if he could add a line to Jenny's vows that said, 'I promise to always give blow jobs with a smile on my face and love in my heart,
Tara Sivec
#88. Elvis is the king of rock and roll, who made white kids shake there shackle.
Gene Simmons
#89. Elvis is bound to be dead. Look at all the vultures in his vicinity.
Sharyn McCrumb
#90. Do you think the Roman soldiers thought he was the Son of God or just some goofball who got nailed to the cross? In 2000 years, we've probably made somebody who is the equivalent of Elvis into God, so I see no reason why not to believe that in 2000 years Elvis will be God.
Geoffrey Fieger
#91. I got an attitude, that's rude because I walked over Elvis' grave in some blue suede shoes.
Akinyele
#92. I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley.
Bryan Ferry
#93. CHILD: "Why does carrot cake have the best icing?" MOTHER: "Because it needs the best icing." Quantum Nonlocality and the Death of Elvis Presley You may remember
B.J. Novak
#94. When old Bobby does Elvis, you swear it's the real mccoy. Another Friday night in the life of a country boy.
Kenny Chesney
#95. I used to play the drums. When I was 11 I got my first professional job, I played drums in a cabary and played Elvis and stuff, I used to play left handed actually. Then I started to pick up the guitar when I was around 15, but I played the drums for a long time.
Francis Dunnery
#97. Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.
Paul Simon
#98. My mom was a big Elvis fan and a general pop culture buff, and so I grew up in a house filled with what were then called "movie magazines,"Before Elvis when Rhona Barrett wrote her column about the stars. And so it seeped in.
Laurie Foos
#99. MUSIC. Tunneling right down into your CORE and SOULTIME. Hep, sloppy, SEXY and cerebral. Chancy and hip-swinging like ELVIS and your first teenage KISS.
Carew Papritz
#100. So when it comes to Elvis and Joe, I have to trust my instincts, because they've gotten me here. And I have to write what I believe in, what I find moving.
Robert Crais
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