Elvis Quotes

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time. (Elvis Costello)
See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why I never let him get older. View quote
Mickey Spillane
And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara. View quote
Phil Ochs
I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis. View quote
Boris Johnson
My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive. View quote
Boris Johnson
Everything they say about Elvis today is true. He was just one great guy. He wasn't jealous of anyone. I would say Elvis was really someone special when you add it all up. View quote
Bobby Vinton
I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people. View quote
George Thorogood
What can you say about a society that says God is dead and Elvis is alive? View quote
Irv Kupcinet
I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days. View quote
Otis Blackwell
My house is a bit like a teenager's bedroom. The kind of pictures you have hanging up on your wall say a lot about you. I've got ones of Evel Knievel, Elvis and Starsky and Hutch, signed by David Soul. View quote
Tim Vine
I don't believe in Elvis I don't believe in Zimmerman I don't believe in Beatles. I just believe in me Yoko and me And that's reality. (John Lennon)
Before Elvis there was nothing. View quote
John Lennon
Elvis is the king of rock and roll, who made white kids shake their shackle. View quote
Gene Simmons
As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis. View quote
Priscilla Presley
I think that gay people should have the right to get married by Elvis like everybody else. View quote
Margaret Cho
Hip-hop kind of absorbed rock in terms of the attitude and the whole point of why rock was important music. Young people felt like rock music was theirs, from Elvis to the Beatles to the Ramones to Nirvana. This was theirs; it wasn't their parents'. I think hip-hop became the musical style that embraces that mentality. View quote
Chris Cornell
They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved! View quote
Lea DeLaria
Also we Italians have something to Elvis Presley: to offer one of the rare occasions when we prefer to be Italian rather than American. View quote
Indro Montanelli
The first time I saw a picture of Elvis - I was in a state of shock, because I couldn't believe that a human being could be so beautiful. View quote
Gottfried Helnwein
Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times. View quote
Aamir Khan
Especially with four insanely angry, sword-carrying pirates bearing down on you, followed closely by an alien with a genetic malfunction that posed like Elvis Presley and looked slightly like a cross between a koala and a cuddly dog. (Ridley Pearson)
This is Graceland. Home of the most famous musician in the world.” "Michael Jackson lived here?” "No, dummy,” Carter said. "Elvis Presley. View quote
Rick Riordan
Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer. View quote
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color. View quote
Dennis Rodman
I met Elvis first in Las Vegas. I think I was appearing with Tom Jones and he came backstage to say hello to Tom or we went to his dressing room to say hello. View quote
Norm Crosby