“I like Brando's acting … and James Dean … and Richard Widmark. Quite a few of 'em I like.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
When asked to name his favorite male actors, in "Elvis Exclusive Interview" with Ray Green in Little Rock, Arkansas (16 May 1956), as published in Elvis — Word for Word : What He Said, Exactly As He Said It (1999)
“… I just know that, right now, … the biggest record selling business there is is rock and roll.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
Pop Chronicles: Show 55 - Crammer: A lively cram course on the history of rock and some other things http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19838/m1/, interview recorded 1956 http://web.archive.org/web/20110615153027/http://www.library.unt.edu/music/special-collections/john-gilliland/o-s.
“Fingerprints are like values--you leave them all over everything you do”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
Variant: Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do
“To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
Handwriten message on Elvis' King James -Bible
“I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
“The image is one thing and the human being is another…it's very hard to live up to an image.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
Press conference (June 1972),also quoted in Elvis Culture : Fans, Faith, & Image (1999) by Erika Lee Doss, p. 218
“Sad thing is, you can still love someone and be wrong for them.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
“Love me tender, love me sweet,
Never let me go.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
"Love Me Tender" (1956), the lyrics of this song are credited to Presley and co-writer Vera Matson, but were primarily written by Matson's husband, Ken Darby, who when asked why he credited his wife as co-writer with Presley replied "Because she didn't write it either."
Disputed
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
Pop Chronicles, Show 7 - The All American Boy: Enter Elvis and the rock-a-billies. Part 1 http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19754/m1/; C. Robert Jennings, " Elvis Lives! http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/155809300.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+18%2C+1968&author=Jennings%2C+C+Robert&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%281923-Current+File%29&edition=&startpage=M28&desc=ELVIS+LIVES%21", 1968-Feb-18, L.A. Times Magazine, p. M28. <br class="br">Context: It just happened. I like to sing, and well, I just started singing and folks just started listening. I can't tell folks that I worked and learned and studied, and overcame disappointments, because I didn't.
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
Another handwriten message on Elvis' King James -Bible http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2188891/Elvis-bible-containing-handwritten-notes-star-expected-fetch-thousands-auction.html <br class="br">Variant: Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
September 30, 1974. South Bend, IN. Notre Dame Ath Center. <br class="br">Source: http://www.elvisconcerts.com/real/oct74-01.htm <br class="br">Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEZpSFnDxRg
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
You'll Be Gone, written by Elvis Presley, Red West and Charlie Hodge (1961)
Song lyrics
“Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
After hearing Walter Earl Brown's If I Can Dream, the song inspired on Martin Luther King Jr. that would close Elvis' comeback show in 1968, and the phrase was remarked to its producer, Steve Binder. http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/lofiversion/index.php/t15948.html
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
That's Someone You Never Forget, from Pot Luck, written by Elvis Presley and Red West (1961)
Song lyrics
“I've come too far, and I don't know how to get back.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
“I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
