Elvis Presley, born in 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, rose to fame as the “King of Rock and Roll” in the mid-1950s. His distinctive voice, energetic performances, and charismatic persona revolutionized popular music and culture. Hits like “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Hound Dog” propelled him to superstardom, pioneering the rock and roll genre by blending rockabilly, rhythm and blues, and country music. Despite his controversial personal life, including provocative performances and criticism, Presley’s influence remained unmatched. He starred in numerous films and released countless hit records, earning widespread acclaim and adoration. Presley’s legacy endures long after his death on August 16, 1977, at age 42, through his timeless music and status as a cultural icon, influencing generations of musicians and fans worldwide.
Elvis Presley Quotes
1. “Tomorrow will be too late, it’s now or never.”
— Elvis Presley
2. “When things go wrong, don’t go with them.”
— Elvis Presley
3. “A little less conversation, a little more action please.”
— Elvis Presley
4. “Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.”
— Elvis Presley
5. “Do something worth remembering.”
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6. “Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can’t help falling in love with you.”
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7. “Never wait for tomorrow, what if tomorrow never comes?”
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8. “Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away.”
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9. “To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.”
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10. “People think you’re crazy if you talk about things they don’t understand.”
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11. “Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse walk a mile in my shoes.”
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12. “I learned very early in life that: ‘Without a song, the day would never end; without a friend, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend-without a song.’ So I keep singing a song.”
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13. “Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.”
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14. “Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ’em all over everything you do.”
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15. “I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I’m just an entertainer.”
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16. “Sad thing is, you can still love someone and be wrong for them.”
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17. “You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you’re the devil in disguise.”
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18. “Don’t criticize what you can’t understand, son. You never walked in that’s man shoes.”
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19. “Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside.”
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20. “You’ve got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.”
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21. “We can’t build our dreams on suspicious minds.”
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22. “Love me tender, love me true, all my dreams fulfill. For my darling, I love you, and I always will.”
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23. “Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.”
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24. “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.”
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25. “You only pass through this life once, you don’t come back for an encore.”
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26. “A hard headed woman, a soft hearted man, been the cause of trouble ever since the world began.”
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27. “The road to love is full of danger signs.”
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28. “My philosophy of life is simple: I need someone to love, something to wait and do something.”
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29. “Live each day, as if it we’re your last. It’s written in the stars, your destiny is cast.”
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30. “If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck.”
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31. “Talent is being able to sell what you’re feeling.”
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32. “Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you’re hating part of yourself.”
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33. “Sharing money is what gives it its value.”
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34. “It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are.”
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35. “I’m with a crowd but oh so alone.”
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36. “I forgot to remember to forget.”
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37. “I’m lonely like Adam and you’re evil like Eve.”
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38. “Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. Ain’t nowhere else in the world where you can go from driving a truck to cadillac overnight.”
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39. “I love only one girl, one in every town.”
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40. “Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over.”
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41. “When I first saw you with your smile so tender, my heart was captured, my soul surrendered.”
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42. “Where could I go but to the Lord?”
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43. “I feel so alone sometimes. The night is quiet for me. I’d love to be able to sleep. I’ll probably not rest. I have no need for all this. Help me, Lord.”
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44. “I don’t feel I’ll live a long life. That’s why I have to get what I can from every day.”
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45. “I’m left, you’re right, and she’s gone. You’re right, and I’m left all alone.”
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46. “What’s the good of reaching 90, if you waste 89?”
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47. “Fame and fortune, how empty they can be.”
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48. “You can do anything, but lay off my blue suede shoes.”
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49. “Make me feel at home, if you really care, scratch my back and run your pretty fingers through my hair.”
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50. “If you bring a friend into your love affair, that’s the end of your sweetheart that’s the end of your friend, that’s when your heartache begins.”
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51. “Gonna travel, gonna travel wild and free I’m gonna pack my bags because this great big world is calling me.”
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52. “Don’t tell me baby you gotta go, I got the hifi high and the lights down low.”
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53. “If you talk in your sleep, don’t mention my name. If you walk in your sleep, forget where you came.”
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54. “We’re trapped in a world that’s troubled with pain. As long as a man has the strength to dream, he can redeem his soul and fly.”
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55. “The walls have ears, better think before you throw that shoe.”
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56. “I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.”
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57. “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.”
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58. “I don’t like people who are in politics for themselves and not for others. You want that, you can go into show business.”
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59. “You’re so square, baby, I don’t care.”
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60. “Do what’s right for you, so long as it don’t hurt no one.”
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61. “Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind. Memories, sweetened through the ages just like wine.”
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62. “Animals don’t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.”
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63. “Maybe I didn’t treat you Quite as good as I should have Maybe I didn’t love you Quite as often as I could have Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You were always on my mind.”
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64. “Life has taught me one big lesson, always keep the girlies guessing.”
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65. “I’m evil, my middle name is misery. Well, I’m evil, so don’t mess around with me.”
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66. “People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn’t copy my style from anybody.”
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67. “Love had surely made us all and hate would surely make us fall.”
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68. “Computers may out think us one day, but as long as people got feelings we’ll be better than they are.”
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69. “There’s no such thing as an original sin.”
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70. “I don’t mind being controversial. Even Jesus wasn’t loved in his day.”
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71. “I’m trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It’s so easy to get turned.”
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72. “When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.”
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73. “Since my baby left me, I’ve found a new place to dwell, down at the end of Lonely Street at Heartbreak Hotel.”
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74. “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.”
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75. “Samson told Delilah loud and clear, keep your cotton picken fingers out of my hair.”
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76. “I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.”
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77. “Nine and nine makes fourteen, four and four makes nine. The clock is striking thirteen, I think I’ve lost my mind.”
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78. “I’ve spent a life time waiting for the right time, now that you’re near, the time is here at last.”
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79. “On a cold and gray Chicago morning another little baby child is born in the ghetto, and his Mama cries.”
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80. “A little less fight and a little more spark, close your mouth and open your heart.”
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81. “I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean’s films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.”
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82. “All I want is to know the truth, to know and experience God. I’m a searcher, that’s what I’m all about.”
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83. “Love is a thing you never can share.”
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84. “Then came Act II, you seemed to change and acted strange, and why I’ll never know.”
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85. “The army teaches boys to think like men.”
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86. “Gospel music is the purest thing there is on this earth.”
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87. “Do the Clam, do the Clam, grab your barefoot baby by the hand.”
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88. “It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can.”
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89. “The world is more alive at night; it’s like God isn’t looking.”
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90. “When I was a child I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I have ever dreamed has come true a thousand times.”
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91. “I don’t want to be a tiger, tigers play too rough. I don’t want to be a lion, cause lions ain’t the kind you love up.”
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92. “When we kiss my heart’s on fire, burning with a strange desire. And I know that every time I kiss you, that your heart’s on fire, too.”
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93. “All the stars will tell the story, of our love and all its glory. Let us make this night of magic, and make it a night of love.”
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94. “A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock ‘n’ roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let’s face it: I can’t sing like Fats Domino can. I know that.”
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95. “In this day and time you can’t even get sick; you are strung-out! Well by God, I’ll tell you something, friend: I have never been strung-out in my life, except on music!”
— Elvis Presley
96. “Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go.”
— Elvis Presley
97. “He holds his guitar like a Tommy gun.”
— Elvis Presley
98. “The greatest voice of all time.”
— Elvis Presley
99. “Take care of the fans and they will sure as hell take care of you.”
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100. “There’s no job too immense, when you got confidence.”
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101. “Teenagers are my life and my triumph. I’d be nowhere without them.”
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102. “I’d rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.”
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103. “I’ll stay in Memphis.”
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104. “I go for all the belles, except the wedding kind.”
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105. “I look at you and wham, I’m head over heals. I guess that love is like a banana peel.”
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106. “The man who can sing when he hasn’t got a thing, he’s the king of the whole wide world.”
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107. “We’re the perfect combination. Colonel’s an old carny, and me, I’m off the wall.”
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108. “I don’t do any vulgar movements.”
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109. “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.”
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110. “The walls have ears, ears that hear each little sound you make every time you stamp, throw a lamp.”
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111. “I’ve come too far, and I don’t know how to get back.”
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112. “Ah just act the way ah feel.”
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113. “I can preach until your deaf and dumb, I’m in that soul saving army beating on that big bass drum.”
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114. “I think most people have a natural instinct to rebel.”
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115. “The only exercise I get is on the stage. If I didn’t get that, I’d get a little round around the tummy, as much as I eat.”
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116. “I like pork chops and country ham, creamed potatoes, stuff like that. Redeye gravy. It comes from ham, bacon, stuff like that. It’s the grease that you fry it in. I eat a lot of Jell-O. Fruit Jell-O.”
— Elvis Presley
117. “I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.”
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118. “Number 47 said to number 3, you’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see.”
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119. “I thought that I was in heaven But I was sure surprised Heaven help me, I didn’t see The devil in your eyes You look like an angel Walk like an angel Talk like an angel But I got wise You’re the devil in disguise Oh yes you are The devil in disguise.”
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120. “I’ve had a pretty good lesson in human nature. It’s more important to try to surround yourself with people who can give you a little happiness, because you only pass through this life once, Jack. You don’t come back for an encore.”
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121. “I feel my temperature rising. Help me, I’m flaming, I must be a hundred and nine.”
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122. “I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.”
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123. “I get sometimes; I get lonesome right in the middle of a crowd.”
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124. “Take your troubles to the Chapel, get down on your knees and pray. Your burdens will be lighter, and you’ll surely find the way.”
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125. “How can you lose something you never had, I tell myself when I’m feeling sad.”
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126. “Once I catch you and the kissing starts, a team of wild horses couldn’t tear us apart.”
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127. “The child needs a helping hand or he’ll grow up to be an angry young man some day.”
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128. “I wore glasses, no music, and I won – I think it was – fifth place. I got a whipping the same day. My mother whipped me for something. Destroyed my ego completely.”
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129. “I’m strictly for Stevenson. I don’t dig the intellectual bit, but I’m telling you, man, he knows the most.”
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130. “When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.”
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131. “If you cry when you’re in love, it sure ain’t no disgrace.”
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132. “She touched my hand what a chill I got, her lips are like a volcano that’s hot.”
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133. “Don’t leave my embrace for here in my arms is your place.”
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134. “Since I was two years old, all I knew was gospel music. That music became such a part of my life it was as natural as dancing. A way to escape from the problems. And my way of release.”
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135. “The only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one.”
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136. “I’ve never written a song in my life. It’s all a big hoax.”
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137. “I’m so lucky to be in the position to give. It’s really a gift to give.”
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138. “Little sister, don’t you do what your big sister done.”
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139. “The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.”
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140. “After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.”
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141. “Every time I think that I’m getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.”
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142. “I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.”
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143. “I can’t sing very well but I’d like to try.”
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144. “Her little sister will tell you she don’t live here anymore.”
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145. “When I get married, it’ll be no secret.”
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146. “I didn’t know that there were any radio stations in Nova Scotia.”
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147. “I like entertaining people. I really miss it.”
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148. “I’ve tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.”
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149. “I miss my singing career very much.”
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150. “I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.”
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151. “I’m not trying to be sexy. It’s just my way of expressing myself when I move around.”
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152. “My fans want my shirt. They can have my shirt. They put it on my back.”
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153. “Hey buddy, don’t you be no square, if you can’t find a partner use a wooden chair.”
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154. “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.”
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155. “Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.”
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156. “I’m not kidding myself. My voice alone is just an ordinary voice. What people come to see is how I use it. If I stand still while I’m singing, I’m dead, man. I might as well go back to driving a truck.”
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157. “It’s all a big hoax, honey. I never wrote a song in my life. I get one-third of the credit for recording it. It makes me look smarter than I am. I’ve never even had an idea for a song. Just once, mybe.”
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158. “In public, I like real conservative clothes, something that’s not too flashy. But onstage, I like ’em as flashy as you can get ’em.”
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159. “When you get down to the nitty gritty, isn’t it a pity that in this big city not one little bitty man will admit that he could have been a little wrong.”
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160. “You don’t like hot rod racing or driving late at night, you just want to park where it’s nice and dark.”
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161. “I hope I didn’t bore you too much with my life story.”
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162. “There are too many people that depend on me. I’m too obligated. I’m in too far to get out.”
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163. “I’ll be a fool or a wiseman, my darling, you hold the key. Anyway you want me, that’s how I will be.”
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164. “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.”
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165. “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.”
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166. “I’m never going to sing another song I don’t believe in. I’m never going to make another picture I don’t believe in.”
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167. “When we’re dancing it almost feels the same, I’ve got to stop myself from whispering your name.”
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168. “Blacko-oxy-tonic phosphate, it’s the latest scoop. But that’s alright girls, you can call it goop.”
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169. “If you wanna be loved, baby, you’ve got to love me, too. Oh yeah, cause I an’t for no one side love affair.”
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170. “C’mon, let’s get real, real gone.”
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171. “Just because I managed to do a little something, I don’t want anyone back home to think I got the big head.”
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172. “I want to entertain people. That’s my whole life. To my last breath.”
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173. “Everything is so dreamy when you are young. After you grow up it kind of becomes – just real.”
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174. “There’s no room to Rhumba in a sports car.”
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175. “Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.”
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176. “If one can’t give what they have and share then they will always be empty.”
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177. “Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn’t do anything but just jiggle.”
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178. “I saw three shrimp in the water, two were old and gray. I swam a little closer, and I heard the third one say, good-bye Mama.”
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179. “In my beach shack, we’ll be alone. In my beach shack, I’ll make you feel at home.”
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180. “I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.”
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181. “I’ll never make it, it will never happen, because they’re never going to hear me ’cause they’re screaming all the time.”
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182. “If you’re smart, you’ll think twice, when they start to sound off with advice.”
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183. “I was almost always true to you.”
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184. “Some guys fall in love with one girl, I gotta fall for two.”
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185. “You’re just a natural beehive, filled with honey to the top. Well, I ain’t greedy baby, all I want is all you got.”
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186. “Man, I really like Vegas.”
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187. “Didja ever get one of them girls who just wants to watch the show?”
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188. “I wouldn’t call girls a hobby. It’s a pastime.”
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189. “I get tired of singing to the guys I beat up in motion pictures.”
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190. “I’m so nervous. I’ve always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.”
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191. “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.”
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192. “Look guys, if you’re just going to stare at me, I’m going to bed!”
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193. “Money honey, if you want to get along with me.”
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194. “Folks always look good in their coffins.”
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195. “My movements, ma’am, are all leg movements. I don’t do nothing with my body.”
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196. “Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.”
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197. “The only kind of trouble I’ve ever been in is when I was stealing eggs when I was little. I think I know right from wrong.”
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198. “I was an overnight sensation.”
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199. “Singers come and go, but if you’re a good actor, you can last a long time.”
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200. “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.”
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