Jimmy Buffett Quotes

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

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.

I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.

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

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

Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.

Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business.

I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now.

Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol.

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

When Elvis came out on stage, it became electric. And the way people responded to him was such that, you know, I never saw that kind of response toward any other performer.

I was invited for the first Woodstock. Actually, I started the programme.

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 was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.

When I was a little kid, I was very impressed with Elvis.

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

I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little.

When you think about rock at its origin, and you think of the Beatles and millions of kids screaming as loud as they can and running as fast as they can towards the Beatles, there's no one who is that kind of lightning rod, who commands that kind of power and has that kind of creative magma.

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

Without Elvis none of us could have made it.

I feel like Elvis. Only alive.

And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized.

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