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Elvis Presley:
Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when
you have it, you have it all over.
Elvis Presley:
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but
it ain't goin' away.
Elvis Presley:
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.'
Elvis Presley:
(on performing onstage) It's like a surge of electricity
going through you. It's almost like making love, but it's
even stronger than that... Sometimes I think my heart is
going to explode.
Elvis Presley:
(on becoming famous) I just fell into it really. My daddy
and I were laughing about it the other day. He looked at me
and said, 'What happened E? The last thing I remember is I
was working in a can factory and you were driving a truck.'
Elvis Presley:
(on the differences of the 1960s music versus the 1950s)
There's been a big change in the music field in the last 10
or 12 years. I think everything has improved--the sounds
have improved, the musicians have improved, the engineers
have definitely improved. I like a lot of the new groups,
y'know, The Beatles and The Byrds and the... whoever, but I
really like a lot of the new music, but a lot of it is
basically rock 'n roll music, gospel, or rhythm and blues.
People have been adding to it, adding instruments to it,
experimenting with it.
Elvis Presley:
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 Presley:
I don't like being called 'Elvis The Pelvis.' That's gotta
be one of the most childish expressions I've ever heard
coming from an adult.
Elvis Presley:
My daddy had seen a lot of people who played guitars and
stuff and didn't work, so he said, 'You should make up your
mind either way about being an electrician or playing a
guitar, and I never saw a guitar player that was worth a
damn.'
Elvis Presley:
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 Presley:
I've never gotten over what they call stage-fright. 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.
Elvis Presley:
Man, I was tame compared to what they do now, are you
kidding? All that I ever did was just jiggle.
Elvis Presley:
I want to entertain people. That's my whole life. To my last
breath.
Elvis Presley:
I wiggle my shoulders, I shake my legs, I walk up and down
the stage, I hop around on one foot. But I never bump and
grind. Why, that's vulgar. I'd never do anything vulgar
before an audience. My mother would never allow it.
Elvis Presley:
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have
to.
Elvis Presley:
Take care of the fans and they will sure as hell take care
of you.
Elvis Presley:
People who read sex into my music have dirty minds.
Elvis Presley:
When you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck.
Elvis Presley:
I don't sound like nobody.
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