#elvis presley

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. ↗

— Phil Ochs

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To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people. ↗

— Joey Ramone

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I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley. ↗

— Samantha Barks

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Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences. ↗

— Gordon Waller

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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

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People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

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I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little. ↗

— Gina Gershon

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Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you that they weren't influenced in some way or another by Elvis Presley. He turned the world around. ↗

— Mac Davis

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Elvis Presley, you can't define him in a couple of sentences, but he was a country boy and he was very respectful. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

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In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley. ↗

— Charley Pride

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