Elvis Presley was an American musician and actor. He is one of the most important figures in rock and roll history. Presley became popular as a rock and roll singer in the early 1950s, and he had his first number-one hit in 1956 with “Heartbreak Hotel”. He went on to star in a number of successful movies, including “Love Me Tender” and “Jailhouse Rock”, and he also became known for his distinctive style of clothing. Presley had a string of hit records throughout his career, and he is the only artist to have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Table of Contents:
1. Early Life
2. Career
3. Personal Life
4. Death
5. Legacy
6. Top Quotes
Early Life
Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. His parents, Vernon and Gladys Presley, were poor and could not afford to give their son much of an education. As a result, Presley only attended school up to the eighth grade. He was a shy and withdrawn child, and he later said that he was teased by other children because of his clothing and his hair.
Career
Presley’s career began in 1954, when he signed with Sam Phillips’s Sun Records. Phillips was looking for a white singer who could appeal to a black audience, and he believed that Presley had the potential to be that singer. Presley’s first single, “That’s All Right”, was released in July 1954 and became a hit with both black and white audiences. In 1955, Presley released his first album, “Elvis Presley”, which also became a success.
Personal Life
In 1966, Presley married Priscilla Ann Beaulieu, with whom he had been romantically involved for several years. The couple had one child, Lisa Marie, who was born in 1968. The marriage ended in divorce in 1973.
Death
Presley died of a heart attack on August 16, 1977, at his home in Graceland, Tennessee. He was 42 years old.
Legacy
Elvis Presley is one of the most significant figures in rock and roll history. He popularized the genre and had a string of hit records throughout his career. Presley’s style of music and clothing also had a major influence on popular culture.
Top Elvis Presley Quotes
“Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ’em all over everything you do.” – Elvis Presley
“Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.” – Elvis Presley
“I forgot to remember to forget.” – Elvis Presley
“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
“Animals don’t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.” – Elvis Presley
“People think you’re crazy if you talk about things they don’t understand.” – Elvis Presley
“Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn’t do anything but just jiggle.” – Elvis Presley, 1972 Press Conference in New York
“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.” – Elvis Presley, to a reporter in the 1950s
“I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.” – Elvis Presley
“I feel my temperature rising. Help me, I’m flaming, I must be a hundred and nine” – Elvis Presley
“ ‘Til we meet again, may God bless you. Adios.” – Elvis Presley
“Happiness is knowin’ you’ve done a good job, whether it’s professional or for another person….” – Elvis Presley
“Don’t leave my embrace for here in my arms is your place.” – Elvis Presley
“I think I have something tonight that’s not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes.” – Elvis Presley
“If you cry when you’re in love, it sure ain’t no disgrace.” – Elvis Presley
“I would beg and steal just to feel your heart beating close to mine.” – Elvis Presley
“I’m not trying to be sexy. It’s just my way of expressing myself when I move around.” – Elvis Presley
“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
“Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes.” – Elvis often used this adaptation of a well-known quotation.
“I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.” – Elvis Presley
“Take my hand, take my whole life too, but I can’t help falling in love with you.” – Elvis Presley
“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
“Gonna travel, gonna travel wild and free I’m gonna pack my bags because this great big world is calling me” – Elvis Presley
“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
“Sad thing is, you can still love someone and be wrong for them.” – Elvis Presley
“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
“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
“When things go wrong, don’t go with them.” – Elvis Presley
“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
“After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.” – Elvis Presley
“We do two shows a night for five weeks. A lotta times we’ll go upstairs and sing until daylight – gospel songs. We grew up with it…It more or less puts your mind at ease. It does mine.” – Elvis Presley, 1972 ‘Elvis on Tour’ documentary
“It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can.” – Elvis Presley
“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…” – Elvis Presley, Acceptance speech in 1970
“A little less fight and a little more spark, close your mouth and open your heart.” – Elvis Presley
“Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over.” – Elvis Presley
“For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.” – Elvis Presley
“The army teaches boys to think like men.” – Elvis Presley
“I don’t do any vulgar movements.” – Elvis Presley
“I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.” – Elvis Presley
“THANK YA THANK YA VERY MUCH” – Elvis Presley
“Man, I really like Vegas.” – Elvis Presley
“There’s no job too immense, when you got confidence.” – Elvis Presley
“Life is love and love is life” – Elvis Presley
“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
“To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.” – Elvis Presley
“Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.” – Elvis Presley
“I’ve never gotten over what they call stagefright. I go through it every show. I’m pretty concerned, I’m pretty much thinking about the show.” – Elvis Presley
“I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.” – Elvis Presley
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.” – Elvis Presley
“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
“Sharing money is what gives it its value.” – Elvis Presley
“Every time I think that I’m getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.” – Elvis Presley
“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
“Do something worth remembering.” – Elvis Presley
“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.” – Elvis Presley
“Once I catch you and the kissing starts, a team of wild horses couldn’t tear us apart.” – Elvis Presley
“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
“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
“When we’re dancing it almost feels the same, I’ve got to stop myself from whispering your name.” – Elvis Presley
“If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck.” – Elvis Presley
“The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.” – Elvis Presley
“It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are.” – Elvis Presley
“I’d rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.” – Elvis Presley
“When I first saw you with your smile so tender, my heart was captured, my soul surrendered.” – Elvis Presley
“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
“I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.” – Elvis Presley
“I never expected to be anybody important.” – Elvis Presley
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