“Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.”
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Famous Elvis Presley Quotes
“The image is one thing and the human being is another...it's very hard to live up to an image.”
“People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.”
Source: Elvis: Inspirations
“After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.”
“I think I have something tonight that's not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes.”
“There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out.”
“I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.”
“It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.”
“I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.”
“When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.”
“I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.”
“I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.”
“Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.”
“More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me.”
“My movements, ma'am, are all leg movements. I don't do nothing with my body.”
“That's why I hate to get started in these jam sessions. I'm always the last one to leave.”
“They put me on television. And the whole thing broke loose. It was wild, I tell ya for sure.”
“I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.”