If there hadn't been an Elvis, there wouldn't have been the Beatles.
I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little.
My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country.
So what do you think you're Elvis or something, whatever that don't impress me.
When I first heard Elvis perform "Bridge Over Trouble Water" it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
Some Elvis music and a good cry always helps.
We got a Chinese Elvis painted by Norman Rockwell.
Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.
Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.
I remember old Elvis when he forgot to remember to forget.
When Elvis was there, they were stopping everything. Elvis had the moment for real. While I'm here, its not all about 50 Cent, but it was all about Elvis.
All we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals. . . and they killed Elvis Presley.
The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that a human being could be so beautiful.
Elvis Presley? He's God.
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.
When people nowadays say that Elvis was the first white guy to sound black, I have to shake my head; what can you do? At the time of 'That's My Desire' 1947 they were saying that I was the only white guy around who sounded black.
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
I think his portraits of Jackie, Liz, Marilyn, Mao, Elvis, Lenin - and objects like the soup cans, the dollar signs, the hammer and sickle, it's all about icons. Its all about what people worship in an irreligious or secular world. In terms of Andy's personality and Andy Warhol as a human being who I was very close to, I still feel kind of sorry for him on a personal level. I mean, he was the ultimate example of great success wrapped around inner turmoil and emotional pain.
I'm just a singer, Elvis was the embodiment of the whole American culture.
Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb.