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A lot of your rock people, even early, like Elvis, have always come from the South.
When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
When somebody like Elvis Costello comes along, anybody can make a good record with him.
I remember having a lot of Josh White albums. Johnny Cash. Elvis. I loved the Coasters.
I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.
The last time I saw Elvis was when I played my second New Year's Eve show for him in 1970.
Although he appeared in some awful movies, Elvis could also be pretty damn good as an actor.
I have written for, very fortunately, some great singers from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.
Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me.
God's the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That's solely in the hands of God.
I want to play main rooms in Vegas. I want to play every day like Elvis did, not just weekends.
They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.
Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life.
Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
Elvis and I continued to be friends, and I saw him once or twice a year. But he was a troubled person.
One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.
I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.
I was raised on Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly and discovered the Stray Cats when I was 11 or 12 years old.
I once made a giant six-foot can of Crisco that a person had to dance in and that had an Elvis wig on top.
It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.
The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, 'Your ego will get you killed.'
Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee.
When I was 8, I thought I was Harrison Ford, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Elvis, and Chuck Norris all at once.
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
Diana Krall I met in, I think it was Canada. She's a lovely lady. Her husband, Elvis Costello, is a great star.
I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley.
You don't necessarily have to write a song to make it your own. After all, Elvis never wrote a song in his life.
The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis.
I've loved music always, and my music fire was lit by Elvis Presley, really, and all that was happening back then.
Elvis Presley, you can't define him in a couple of sentences, but he was a country boy and he was very respectful.
I love OneRepublic, The Script, All Time Low. I love pretty much every genre. I love the Rolling Stones and Elvis.
I am playing Elvis Presley in 'Hello Darling.' The project is really exciting for me because I get to play my idol.
I think, at some point, I might have said it must be great to be as big as Elvis, but that wasn't a realistic dream.
My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.
The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them.
My mom was always playing Elvis around the house or ZZ Top, so there was always rock-n-roll and country being played.
I had a year-round Christmas tree with nothing but colored vinyl 45s hanging on it, like, old Elvis records and stuff.
You look back at people like Elvis and The Beatles and still get their music because it's timeless. That's what I want.
I'm very self-conscious having my picture taken, so I clown around. My driver's license photo looks like a blonde Elvis.
The thing is, I've always wanted to be a star. I've always wanted to be an Elvis Presley or a Tupac - like, a huge icon.
Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.
Elvis Costello's song writing is so peerless and individualistic. It's storytelling and it's deeply intelligent and clever.
Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don't wanna tell people, 'I never really listened to Waylon.'
Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.
I collect items like Elvis Presley clock radios and '50s memorabilia. It inspires a lot of my imagery. I like tasteful trash.
You know, in my hometown of Hope, Arkansas, the three sacred heroes were Jesus, Elvis, and FDR, not necessarily in that order.
The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - they were theater artists.
If I ever got in the way of Kurt Browning or Elvis Stojko, and they got mad and yelled at me, I'd be, 'Oh my God! I'm so sorry!'
Every once in awhile, the world will push up an Elvis Presley or a Beatles. But that's really outside the realm of show business.