Elvis Presley Quote

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."


Interview (March/April 1972), as quoted in The Leading Men of MGM (2006) by Jane Ellen Wayne, p. 406


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...

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...

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...

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...