Famous Quotes & Sayings

It really starts with the day Elvis Presley went to Sun Studios to record a song for his mother. Sam Phillips didn't like his singing, but a secretary did and kept his phone number. Sam Phillips said one day he needed a white kid who could sing black, and she had Elvis' number in her drawer.

It only gets called if the officials see it. I saw it. I had to hold Elvis back. But the right people didn't see it, so Vick got to keep on playing.

The spirit is always good (on Elvis Day). People can't help but smile when they see Elvis.

Bruce Springsteen

See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I had to get a guitar the next day. I stood in front of my mirror with that guitar on. . . and I knew then that's what had been missing.

You're the stiffest man alive. You're like Elvis Pretzel. You've got to be limber, baby. You're so stiff.

The pool always gave people trouble. The pump never worked right, so Elvis ran a garden hose from the kitchen sink to fill it.

And what I've told people today is that Elvis is dead, and I'm not gonna fret over Jesse Jackson's misinformation and confusion.

Brian Billick

Elvis was very interested and wanted to go out of his way to get a familiarity with me, and me with him,

Kevin Kern

Elvis was the type of guy that would pull over people who he thought were speeding and give them a warning and send them home with an autograph.

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.

Elvis sells all over the world, and that's where the real opportunity for growth lies for us, to take more of Elvis and Graceland out to the world,

Elvis is an icon in Nevada in his own right. It is a very unique day. How often do you get to see Elvis on skis?

Wayne Newton

Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.

We're planning a tournament to take place during the Elvis Presley Festival. We hope it's going to be one of our larger tournaments, since it happens during the festival.

Kevin Kern

People who want to get publicity just latch on to Elvis because the ride will take you everywhere. I don't want to say that's what this guy is doing. ... You have to judge whether this guy is legitimate.

John Varvatos

Music and fashion have had a kind of incestuous relationship since the Fifties. It started with people like Elvis Presley and pop icons like James Dean. Then it exploded in the MTV days. Now, with the Internet, it's instantaneous.

My goal is to be friends with Elvis fans; not to make them my fans, but to make them my friends and know that I respect Elvis for what he was. I'm just pretending to be Elvis a little bit.

I enjoyed playing with them. Out here, it was a little more like a circus. It's like playing with Elvis being out here with Daly.

I saw Elvis oozing out of your pores.

Minnie Pearl

I don't think Elvis was able, really, to perform a lot of times when he did. I worried about that, same way I did with Hank Williams, Sr.

Robert Thompson

The peanut-butter-and-banana sandwich is part of the whole Elvis mystique. He wasn't only the king, he was one of us.

Brandon Flowers

I romanticize. I live with the ghosts of Elvis and Frank Sinatra. It seems so glamorous. They were American men who don't exist anymore. But there are ugly things about them, too.

Muhammad Ali

People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing.

Imelda May

When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.

Channing Tatum

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.

Linda Thompson

Elvis was sincere, and he was - he was so loyal. And he was so homespun. He loved his mother, he loved America. You know, he loved his fellow man. He had a great humanitarian philanthropic sense.

Tim McGraw

No, there will come a time where I'm not gonna do this anymore. I mean, there will come a time, definitely, where I'll turn into Elvis - I'm gonna be fat and fishin', I guarantee you.

Percy Sledge

Most singers have their idols. I remember Elvis Presley when I was a kid. When I was about sixteen, I always said I wanted to do 'Love Me Tender.'