Elvis Presley Quotes

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You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore.

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

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My fans want my shirt. They can have my shirt. They put it on my back.

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

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All I want is to know the truth, to know and experience God. I'm a searcher, that's what I'm all about.

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'To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.'

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The world is more alive at night; it's like God isn't looking.

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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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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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I like Brando's acting … and James Dean … and Richard Widmark. Quite a few of 'em I like.

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My daddy knew a lot of guitar players, and most of them didn't work, so he said, "You should make your mind up to either be a guitar player or an electrician, but I never saw a guitar player that was worth a damn."

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Hey buddy, don't you be no square, if you can't find a partner use a wooden chair.

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... I just know that, right now, … the biggest record selling business there is is rock and roll.

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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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Viva Las Vegas with your neon flashin' and your one arm bandits crashin' all those hopes down the drain. Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime, turnin night into daytime. If you see it once, you'll never be the same again.

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She was the most wonderful mother anyone could ever have. She was always so kind and good.

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What honey? What is that? It's a sign, I can't see it, wait a minute. Oh, thank you darlin', thank you very much. Oh, thank you. The thought is beautiful dear, and I love you for it, but I, I haven't been caught up in this thing and I can't accept this kingship thing because to me there's only one, which is Christ.

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I lose myself in my singing. Maybe it's my early training singing gospel hymns. I'm limp as a rag, worn out when a show's over.

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The trouble is, when a fellow is by himself and starts thinking, the sad things are always stronger in his memory than the happy things.

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I don't aim to let this fame business get me. God gave me a voice. If I turned against God, I'd be finished.

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She touched my hand what a chill I got, her lips are like a volcano that's hot.

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I had too much praise, too much flattery and fawning over and I needed to remember who I was, where I came from. One time I called a relative in Tupelo. It was Christmas and they were havin' dinner. I asked, 'What?' and she was kind of quiet, then said, 'Meat loaf.' I was shocked as we'd had the best, you know, turkey, ham, steak, everything. She said that it was near the first and they'd run out of money so they just had meat loaf. It hurt me. and so, I ate meat loaf for about eight months, every night, so I'd remember where I came from and to remind me of how many people were unable to have what I did. It was kind of a penance...

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Rock and roll is a music, and why should a music contribute to … juvenile delinquency? If people are going to be juvenile delinquents, they're going to be delinquents if they hear … Mother Goose rhymes.

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Now since my baby left me
I've found a new place to dwell
Down at the end of Lonely Street
At Heartbreak Hotel.

Elvis Presley