I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.
- Elvis Presley
Over, Dean, Films, Rebel
When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.
- Elvis Presley
Truck, Boy, Got, Memphis
Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know why-the lyrics had no meaning.
- Elvis Presley
Big, Started, Had, Memphis
I'll stay in Memphis.
- Elvis Presley
Stay, Memphis
I'm strictly for Stevenson. I don't dig the intellectual bit, but I'm telling you, man, he knows the most.
- Elvis Presley
Intellectual, Dig, Telling, Stevenson
I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.
- Elvis Presley
Times, Ed Sullivan, Sullivan, Jackie
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.
- Elvis Presley
Singing, Like, Makes, Fisher
I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.
- Elvis Presley
Very, Public, Trained, Bodyguards
Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.
- Elvis Presley
Ambition, Dream, Engine
The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.
- Elvis Presley
Give, Next, Take, Herding
They put me on television. And the whole thing broke loose. It was wild, I tell ya for sure.
- Elvis Presley
Television, Broke, Sure, Loose
The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.
- Elvis Presley
Singing, Fact, Before, Closest
There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out.
- Elvis Presley
Depend, Far, Too, Too Many People
When I get married, it'll be no secret.
- Elvis Presley
Marriage, Get, Secret, Get Married
After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.
- Elvis Presley
Eat, Could, Rattlesnake, Hard Day
Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.
- Elvis Presley
Think, Going, I Think, Every Time
I'd just like to be treated like a regular customer.
- Elvis Presley
Like, Just, Treated, Regular
I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.
- Elvis Presley
Hope, My Life, Too Much, Life Story
Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.
- Elvis Presley
New, Old, Hollywood, Send
I'll never make it, it will never happen, because they're never going to hear me 'cause they're screaming all the time.
- Elvis Presley
Will, Happen, Going, Screaming
I think I have something tonight that's not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes.
- Elvis Presley
Think, I Think, Tonight, Evening
Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.
- Elvis Presley
Meet, Again, May, God Bless
I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.
- Elvis Presley
Tried, Straight, Set, Bad Example
It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.
- Elvis Presley
Nature, Doing, Going, Human Nature
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.
- Elvis Presley
My Life, Always, Very, Only Child
I'm no hillbilly singer.
- Elvis Presley
Singer, Hillbilly
I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.
- Elvis Presley
Some, Expect, Getting, Publicity
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.
- Elvis Presley
Strong, Think, Cigarette, Taking
The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.
- Elvis Presley
Singing, Like, Been, Folks
More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me.
- Elvis Presley
Think, Want, More, Folks
The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army.
- Elvis Presley
Next, Making, Still, Blues
I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.
- Elvis Presley
Electrician, Line, Wired, Wrong
When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.
- Elvis Presley
Myself, Always, Comic Books, Comic
Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.
- Elvis Presley
God, Me, Will, Become
That's why I hate to get started in these jam sessions. I'm always the last one to leave.
- Elvis Presley
Why, Always, Last, Jam
Those movies sure got me into a rut.
- Elvis Presley
Me, Movies, Sure, Rut
I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.
- Elvis Presley
Myself, Sexy, Move, Expressing
Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.
- Elvis Presley
Same, Only Difference, Crowds
I like entertaining people. I really miss it.
- Elvis Presley
People, Like, Entertaining, Miss
I miss my singing career very much.
- Elvis Presley
Singing, Career, Very, Miss
Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.'
- Elvis Presley
Rock And Roll, Like, Move, Happens
I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.
- Elvis Presley
Business, Music, Along, Happened
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
- Elvis Presley
Truth, Away, Shut, Goin
I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.
- Elvis Presley
Always, Been, Ever, Since
Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.
- Elvis Presley
New York, New, Gonna, York
I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.
- Elvis Presley
Be Careful, Level, Turned, Easy
I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.
- Elvis Presley
Truck, Think, Bad, Driving
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
Business, Favorite Part, Electricity
I don't do any vulgar movements.
- Elvis Presley
Vulgar, Any, Movements
My movements, ma'am, are all leg movements. I don't do nothing with my body.
- Elvis Presley
Body, Leg, Nothing, Movements
People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.
- Elvis Presley
Singing, People, Anybody, Copy
I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax.
- Elvis Presley
Song, My Life, Never, Written
The army teaches boys to think like men.
- Elvis Presley
Think, Like, Teaches, Army
I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.
- Elvis Presley
Hollywood, Sure, Musical, Songs
From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.
- Elvis Presley
Happen, Always, Going, Exactly
Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.
- Elvis Presley
Rhythm, Over, Either, Something
I was an overnight sensation.
- Elvis Presley
Overnight, Sensation
Too much TV hurts movies.
- Elvis Presley
Movies, TV, Too, Hurts
The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.
- Elvis Presley
Human Being, Image, Very, Human
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
- Elvis Presley
Adversity, Will, Hundred, Prosperity
Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.
- Elvis Presley
Think, Want, Big, Just Because
Man, I really like Vegas.
- Elvis Presley
Man, Like, Really, Vegas
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
- Elvis Presley
Music, Know, About, Line
I never expected to be anybody important.
- Elvis Presley
Important, Never, Anybody, Expected
I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.
- Elvis Presley
Play, Reason, Give, Entertain
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