Quotes from Elvis Presley


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Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.


I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.


I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.


I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.


I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.


Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.'


The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.


I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me.


Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.


I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.


When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.


I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.


Man, I really like Vegas.


I'd just like to be treated like a regular customer.


I think I have something tonight that's not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes.


From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.


I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.


Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.


People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.


I never expected to be anybody important.