Elvis Presley Quotes

we can't build our dreams,
on suspicious minds

People think you’re crazy if you talk about things they don’t understand.

... I just know that, right now, ... the biggest record selling business there is is rock and roll.

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

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

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.

What honey? What is that? It's a sign, I can't see it, wait a minute. Oh, thank you darlin', thank you very much. Oh, thank you. The thought is beautiful dear, and I love you for it, but I, I haven't been caught up in this thing and I can't accept this kingship thing because to me there's only one, which is Christ.

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

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

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."

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

The way she held your hand,
The little things you planned.
Her memory is with you yet,
That's someone you'll never forget.

The sun's down and the moon's pretty - it's time to ramble.

Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes.

It just happened. I like to sing, and well, I just started singing and folks just started listening. I can't tell folks that I worked and learned and studied, and overcame disappointments, because I didn't.