Quotes By Elvis Presley

I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.

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.

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.

Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.

I think I have something tonight that's not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes.

I was an only child, and Mother was always right with me all my life. I used to get very angry at her when I was growing up-it's a natural thing.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

When I get married, it'll be no secret.

I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me.

I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

My movements, ma'am, are all leg movements. I don't do nothing with my body.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.

Too much TV hurts movies.

When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.

After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

I'll stay in Memphis.

They put me on television. And the whole thing broke loose. It was wild, I tell ya for sure.

I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.

Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.

Man, I really like Vegas.

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.

I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

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