Jackie DeShannon Quotes

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.

Without Elvis none of us could have made it.

Elvis is great and so is anybody who lasts like he does.

Elvis was a sweet darling, shy fellow, but he was really boring.

One seldom expects the country's president to adequately note the passing of a rocker, but Jimmy Carter's assessment of Elvis Presley's appeal - 'energy, rebelliousness and good humor' - is remarkably close to the mark.

Elvis may have been my first hero, but you couldn't relate to him.

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.

I made up my mind that I was going to be just like Elvis. It never occurred to me that Elvis was a man. I just wanted to be him. He had a huge impact on me, right down to that black leather jumpsuit he wore on the '68 Comeback Special.

I feel like Elvis. Only alive.

Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways.

Elvis was a great singer. He really was.

Elvis is symbolic of a lot of things, dreams coming true being one of them.

Lord please save his soul, he was the king of rock and roll.

I'm completely absorbed by Peter Guralnick's definitive, two-part biography of Elvis Presley: 'Last Train To Memphis' and 'Careless Love.' Meticulously researched, this is a compelling mix of history, myth-busting, and, of course, some timeless music.

But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end.

I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little.

I look up to Mick Jagger because he's an amazing performer and he's such an individual. I respect him and admire him eternally.

It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.

When Elvis sang, it almost sounded like he was whispering. But after you heard the record, his voice was the strongest thing you ever heard. He was incredible.

If you look back to a picture of me when I was 12 years old, you will probably see me in a leather jacket trying to look like Elvis!

One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.

Don't Cry Daddy is a pretty sad song. He got to the end of it and it was just real quiet and Elvis says, I'm gonna cut that someday for my daddy. And, by God, he did. He lived up to his word.

I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.

My dream collaboration would be Elvis.

The Beatles in 1963 came to America and became international celebrities, but Bobby Fischer was one of the first, as Elvis was, more in terms of the message created around him.