Posted April 3, 200619 yr Though I would post some of the things that have been said about Elvis :D "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 rpm of "Hound Dog" backed by "Don't Be Cruel" and when I listened to those tunes I felt about ten feet tall and I grinned so hard that I felt like the corners of my mouth would meet in the back and the tip of my head would simply topple off. All I know about Rock and Roll is that it makes people feel good. Elvis Presley more than made me feel good, he enriched my life and made it better." Stephen King Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar." Paul Simon "It's rare when an artist's talent can touch an entire generation of people. It's even rarer when that same influence affects several generations. Elvis made an imprint on the world of pop music unequaled by any other single performer." Dick Clark It was like he came along and whispered some dream in everybody's ear, and somehow we all dreamed it." "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 You did have talent, that excitement. We know the effect you had on future singers and players. I ran out and bought a guitar after I saw you." Lou Reed When I first heard Elvis' voice, I just knew that I wasn't going to work for anybody, and nobody was going to be my boss. He is the deity supreme of rock and roll religion as it exists in today's form. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail.---I thank God for Elvis Presley." Bob Dylan No one, but no one, is equal, or ever will be. Elvis was and is supreme." Mick Jagger "He never really died and never will....He cut a path through the world! He's gonna be history, man." Carl Perkins Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me." Elton John A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records...Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.†Huey Lewis And of course, there's John Lennon's famous comment about Elvis “Before Elvis, there was nothing.â€Â
April 3, 200619 yr Author And here's a few things that Elvis said Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ‘em all together, I guess.†-Elvis in 1956, talking about his way of moving on stage. "I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God...I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world." -Elvis commenting to a reporter, 1950's. “Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes.†-Elvis often used this adaptation of a well-known quotation. “When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times...I learned very early in life that: ‘Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend - without a song.' So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.†-From his acceptance speech for the 1970 Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation Award. Given at a ceremony on January 16, 1971. (Elvis quotes from copyrighted material with lines from the song “Without a Songâ€Â.) “We do two shows a night for five weeks. A lotta times we’ll go upstairs and sing until daylight - gospel songs. We grew up with it...It more or less puts your mind at ease. It does mine.†-Talking about the informal jam sessions he and the band and entourage enjoy each night during the lengthy Vegas engagements. These happen upstairs in Elvis’ suite at the Las Vegas Hilton as they all try to “wind down†from the excitement and energy of the live shows. Quote is from a 1972 taped interview used in MGM’s documentary “Elvis on Tourâ€Â. “I’ve never gotten over what they call stagefright. I go through it every show. I’m pretty concerned, I’m pretty much thinking about the show. I never get completely comfortable with it, and I don’t let the people around me get comfortable with it, in that I remind them that it’s a new crowd out there, it’s a new audience, and they haven’t seen us before. So it’s got to be like the first time we go on.†-From a 1972 taped interview used in MGM’s documentary “Elvis on Tourâ€Â. “The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’ And he said “Whatever it is, go back and do it again’.†-From a 1972 taped interview used in MGM’s documentary “Elvis on Tourâ€Â. “Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn’t do anything but just jiggle.†-From the press conference prior to his record-breaking Madison Square Garden shows in New York City, 1972. “ ...the image is one thing and the human being is another...it’s very hard to live up to an image.†-From the press conference prior to his record-breaking Madison Square Garden shows in New York City, 1972. “A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It’s my favorite part of the business - live concerts.†-Elvis at a press conference prior to his 1973 television special, “Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii, via Satelliteâ€Â. “ ‘Til we meet you again, may God bless you. Adios.†-Said in 1977 at the end of a concert during his last tour. I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) I have no use for bodyguards, but I have a very special use for two highly trained certified public accountants. Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch "Rebel Without a Cause" a hundred times over. Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody . . . . Country music was always an influence on my kind of music. Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977)
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