Elvis Presley quotes
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“I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God...I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.”
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“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.'”
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“If you cry when you're in love, it sure ain't no disgrace.”
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“Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.”
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“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.”
-- Elvis PresleySource : Elvis Presley (2007). “Elvis: Inspirations”, p.16, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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“There's no job too immense, when you got confidence.”
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“When we kiss my heart's on fire, burning with a strange desire. And I know that every time I kiss you, that your heart's on fire, too.”
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“I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'”
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“I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.”
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“I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.”
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“I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.”
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“I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.”
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“Gonna travel, gonna travel wild and free I'm gonna pack my bags because this great big world is calling me”
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“When I was a child I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I have ever dreamed has come true a thousand times.”
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“More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me.”
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“Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.”
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“Sharing money is what gives it its value.”
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“I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.”
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“Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn't do anything but just jiggle.”
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“Take care of the fans and they will sure as hell take care of you.”
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“I get tired of playing a guy who gets into a fight, then starts singing to the guy he's just beat up.”
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“Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.”
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“I don't like people who are in politics for themselves and not for others. You want that, you can go into show business.”
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“Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you.”
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“Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside.”
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“I've come too far, and I don't know how to get back.”
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“It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are.”
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“I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.”
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“Envy someone an' it pulls you down. Admire them and it builds you up. Which makes more sense?”
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“I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax.”
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“Sad thing is, you can still love someone and be wrong for them.”
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“If you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck.”
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“In this day and time you can't even get sick; you are strung-out! Well by God, I'll tell you something, friend: I have never been strung-out in my life, except on music!”
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“Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.”
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“I’m so lucky to be in the position to give. It’s really a gift to give.”
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“If you wanna be loved, baby, you've got to love me, too. Oh yeah, cause I an't for no one side love affair.”
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“Once I catch you and the kissing starts, a team of wild horses couldn't tear us apart.”
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“Don't leave my embrace for here in my arms is your place.”
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“I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.”
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“Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.”
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“All the stars will tell the story, of our love and all its glory. Let us make this night of magic, and make it a night of love.”
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“Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. Ain't nowhere else in the world where you can go from driving a truck to cadillac overnight”
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“It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.”
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“Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.”
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“You've got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.”
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“When you get down to the nitty gritty, isn't it a pity that in this big city not one little bitty man will admit that he could have been a little wrong.”
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“The walls have ears, ears that hear each little sound you make every time you stamp, throw a lamp.”
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“You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore.”
-- Elvis PresleySource : Elvis Presley (2007). “Elvis: Inspirations”, p.141, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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“I think I have something tonight that's not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes.”
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“Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you're hating part of yourself.”
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“From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.”
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“After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.”
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“I learned very early in life that: 'Without a song, the day would never end; without a friend, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend-without a song.' So I keep singing a song.”
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“Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse walk a mile in my shoes.”
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“People think you're crazy if you talk about things they don't understand.”
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“Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go.”
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“I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.”
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“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."”
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“When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times...I learned very early in life that: 'Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend - without a song.' So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.”
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“Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.”
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“When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.”
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“I never expected to be anybody important.”
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“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.”
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“People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.”
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“I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.”
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“The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.”
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“Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.”
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“My fans want my shirt. They can have my shirt. They put it on my back.”
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“Everything is so dreamy when you are young. After you grow up it kind of becomes -- just real.”
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