Post by Admin on Aug 1, 2009 10:11:25 GMT -5
Quotes by Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley: Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.
Elvis Presley: Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
Elvis Presley: 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.'
Elvis Presley: (on performing onstage) It's like a surge of electricity going through you. It's almost like making love, but it's even stronger than that... Sometimes I think my heart is going to explode.
Elvis Presley: (on becoming famous) I just fell into it really. My daddy and I were laughing about it the other day. He looked at me and said, 'What happened E? The last thing I remember is I was working in a can factory and you were driving a truck.'
Elvis Presley: (on the differences of the 1960s music versus the 1950s) There's been a big change in the music field in the last 10 or 12 years. I think everything has improved--the sounds have improved, the musicians have improved, the engineers have definitely improved. I like a lot of the new groups, y'know, The Beatles and The Byrds and the... whoever, but I really like a lot of the new music, but a lot of it is basically rock 'n roll music, gospel, or rhythm and blues. People have been adding to it, adding instruments to it, experimenting with it.
Elvis Presley: 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.
Elvis Presley: I don't like being called 'Elvis The Pelvis.' That's gotta be one of the most childish expressions I've ever heard coming from an adult.
Elvis Presley: My daddy had seen a lot of people who played guitars and stuff and didn't work, so he said, 'You should make up your mind either way about being an electrician or playing a guitar, and I never saw a guitar player that was worth a damn.'
Elvis Presley: 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.
Elvis Presley: I've never gotten over what they call stage-fright. I go through it every show. I'm pretty concerned, I'm pretty much thinking about the show. I never get completely comfortable with it, and I don't let the people around me get comfortable with it, in that I remind them that it's a new crowd out there, it's a new audience, and they haven't seen us before. So it's got to be like the first time we go on.
Elvis Presley: Man, I was tame compared to what they do now, are you kidding? All that I ever did was just jiggle.
Elvis Presley: I want to entertain people. That's my whole life. To my last breath.
Elvis Presley: I wiggle my shoulders, I shake my legs, I walk up and down the stage, I hop around on one foot. But I never bump and grind. Why, that's vulgar. I'd never do anything vulgar before an audience. My mother would never allow it.
Elvis Presley: I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
Elvis Presley: Take care of the fans and they will sure as hell take care of you.
Elvis Presley: People who read sex into my music have dirty minds.
Elvis Presley: When you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck.
Elvis Presley: I don't sound like nobody.
www.elvisthevoice.com/elvisresourcesquotes.htm
Elvis Presley: Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.
Elvis Presley: Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
Elvis Presley: 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.'
Elvis Presley: (on performing onstage) It's like a surge of electricity going through you. It's almost like making love, but it's even stronger than that... Sometimes I think my heart is going to explode.
Elvis Presley: (on becoming famous) I just fell into it really. My daddy and I were laughing about it the other day. He looked at me and said, 'What happened E? The last thing I remember is I was working in a can factory and you were driving a truck.'
Elvis Presley: (on the differences of the 1960s music versus the 1950s) There's been a big change in the music field in the last 10 or 12 years. I think everything has improved--the sounds have improved, the musicians have improved, the engineers have definitely improved. I like a lot of the new groups, y'know, The Beatles and The Byrds and the... whoever, but I really like a lot of the new music, but a lot of it is basically rock 'n roll music, gospel, or rhythm and blues. People have been adding to it, adding instruments to it, experimenting with it.
Elvis Presley: 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.
Elvis Presley: I don't like being called 'Elvis The Pelvis.' That's gotta be one of the most childish expressions I've ever heard coming from an adult.
Elvis Presley: My daddy had seen a lot of people who played guitars and stuff and didn't work, so he said, 'You should make up your mind either way about being an electrician or playing a guitar, and I never saw a guitar player that was worth a damn.'
Elvis Presley: 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.
Elvis Presley: I've never gotten over what they call stage-fright. I go through it every show. I'm pretty concerned, I'm pretty much thinking about the show. I never get completely comfortable with it, and I don't let the people around me get comfortable with it, in that I remind them that it's a new crowd out there, it's a new audience, and they haven't seen us before. So it's got to be like the first time we go on.
Elvis Presley: Man, I was tame compared to what they do now, are you kidding? All that I ever did was just jiggle.
Elvis Presley: I want to entertain people. That's my whole life. To my last breath.
Elvis Presley: I wiggle my shoulders, I shake my legs, I walk up and down the stage, I hop around on one foot. But I never bump and grind. Why, that's vulgar. I'd never do anything vulgar before an audience. My mother would never allow it.
Elvis Presley: I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
Elvis Presley: Take care of the fans and they will sure as hell take care of you.
Elvis Presley: People who read sex into my music have dirty minds.
Elvis Presley: When you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck.
Elvis Presley: I don't sound like nobody.
www.elvisthevoice.com/elvisresourcesquotes.htm