Elvis Presley famous quotes

I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God...I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.
-- Elvis Presley

#Song #Hurt #Believe

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

#Song #Feet #People

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

#Song #Crowds #My Favorite

You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.
-- Elvis Presley

#Wise #Angel #Evil

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

#Moving #Rocks #Rock And Roll

If you cry when you're in love, it sure ain't no disgrace.
-- Elvis Presley

#Sadness #Cry #Disgrace

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.
-- Elvis Presley

#Motivational #Success #Dream

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
-- Elvis Presley

#Positive #Trust #Wisdom

There's no job too immense, when you got confidence.
-- Elvis Presley

#Jobs

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.
-- Elvis Presley

#Romantic #Heart #Kissing

I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'
-- Elvis Presley

#Believe #Way #Good Things

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

#Training #Lines #Way

I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.
-- Elvis Presley

#Sexy #Moving #Trying

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.
-- Elvis Presley

#Business #Two #Use

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
-- Elvis Presley

#Music #Witty #Humorous

Gonna travel, gonna travel wild and free I'm gonna pack my bags because this great big world is calling me
-- Elvis Presley

#Song #Bags #Calling

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.
-- Elvis Presley

#Dream #Children #Book

More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me.
-- Elvis Presley

#Home #Thinking #Want

Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.
-- Elvis Presley

#Years #Hollywood

Sharing money is what gives it its value.
-- Elvis Presley

#Giving #Values

I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.
-- Elvis Presley

#Example #Cleaning #Kind

Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn't do anything but just jiggle.
-- Elvis Presley

#Song #Men

Take care of the fans and they will sure as hell take care of you.
-- Elvis Presley

#Fans #Care #Hell

I get tired of playing a guy who gets into a fight, then starts singing to the guy he's just beat up.
-- Elvis Presley

#Tired #Fighting #Guy

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

#Differences #Crowds #Bigger

I don't like people who are in politics for themselves and not for others. You want that, you can go into show business.
-- Elvis Presley

#Business #People #Want

Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you.
-- Elvis Presley

#Love #Romantic #Wise

Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside.
-- Elvis Presley

#Music #Moving #Should

I've come too far, and I don't know how to get back.
-- Elvis Presley

It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are.
-- Elvis Presley

#People #Looks #Fame

I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.
-- Elvis Presley

#Lying #Goes On #Hearing

Envy someone an' it pulls you down. Admire them and it builds you up. Which makes more sense?
-- Elvis Presley

#Envy #Fame #Admire

I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax.
-- Elvis Presley

#Song #Hoaxes #Bigs

Sad thing is, you can still love someone and be wrong for them.
-- Elvis Presley

#Life And Love #Valentine #Stills

If you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck.
-- Elvis Presley

#Inspirational #Funny #Humility

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

#Music #Sick #Wells

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

#New York #People

I’m so lucky to be in the position to give. It’s really a gift to give.
-- Elvis Presley

#Giving #Lucky #So Lucky

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.
-- Elvis Presley

#Relationship #Baby #Causes

Once I catch you and the kissing starts, a team of wild horses couldn't tear us apart.
-- Elvis Presley

#Horse #Sex #Team

Don't leave my embrace for here in my arms is your place.
-- Elvis Presley

#Romantic #Arms #Embrace

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

#Heart #Rebel #Watches

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

#Inspirational #Life #Motivational

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.
-- Elvis Presley

#Romantic #Stars #Night

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
-- Elvis Presley

#Dream #Ambition #World

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

#Human Nature #Humans

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

#Chosen

You've got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.
-- Elvis Presley

#Inspirational #Dream #May

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.
-- Elvis Presley

#Reality #Men #Cities

The walls have ears, ears that hear each little sound you make every time you stamp, throw a lamp.
-- Elvis Presley

#Wall #Advice #Sound

You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore.
-- Elvis Presley

#Writing #This Life

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

#Thinking #Shoes #Blue

Do something worth remembering.
-- Elvis Presley

#Life #Future #Positive Attitude

Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you're hating part of yourself.
-- Elvis Presley

#Hate #Human Nature #Source

From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.
-- Elvis Presley

#Inspirational #Success #Kids

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

#Training #Basic Training #Rattlesnakes

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.
-- Elvis Presley

#Song #Men #Singing

Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse walk a mile in my shoes.
-- Elvis Presley

#Shoes #Abuse #Miles

People think you're crazy if you talk about things they don't understand.
-- Elvis Presley

#Crazy #Thinking #People

Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go.
-- Elvis Presley

#Marriage #Sweet #Never Let Me Go

The army teaches boys to think like men.
-- Elvis Presley

#Army #Men #Thinking

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

#Play #Giving #People

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

#Song #Moving #Yelling

When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, 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 ever dreamed has come true a hundred times...I learned very early in life that: 'Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend - without a song.' So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.
-- Elvis Presley

#Inspirational #Dream #Song

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

#Reality #Rhythm

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

#Dream #Hero #Believe

I never expected to be anybody important.
-- Elvis Presley

#Important #Expected

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

#Music #Way #Fame

People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.
-- Elvis Presley

#People #Singing #Style

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

#Stories #Too Much #Life Story

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

#Years #Sheep #Giving

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

#Funny #Time #Thinking

Man, I really like Vegas.
-- Elvis Presley

#Men #Vegas #Las Vegas

My fans want my shirt. They can have my shirt. They put it on my back.
-- Elvis Presley

#Fans #Want #Shirts

Everything is so dreamy when you are young. After you grow up it kind of becomes -- just real.
-- Elvis Presley

#Growing Up #Real #Kind