#presley

I don't sing to people. I sing for them. I told that once to Elvis Presley. He bought it. After that Elvis sang not to but for the audience. A subtle difference. ↗

— Tony Martin

#audience #bought #difference #elvis #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

#any #become #che #elvis #elvis presley

Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#being #burden #constant #daughter #elvis

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

— Joey Ramone

#elvis #elvis presley #emotions #john #john lennon

Each of us may be a diamond-in-the-rough, needing only a muse and a change in circumstance to go from humble caterpillar to majestic butterfly." - Peter Whitmer, Ph.D. ~from The Inner Elvis: A Psychological Biography of Elvis Aaron Presley ↗

— Peter Whitmer

#peter-whitmer #change

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine ↗

— Elvis Presley

#dreams

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

— Samantha Barks

#cash #elvis #elvis presley #guy #i

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

— Gordon Waller

#artists #brothers #elvis #elvis presley #everly

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

#area #been #before #early #elvis

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

#elvis #elvis presley #far #frank #frank sinatra