Mac Davis Quotes

The last time I saw Elvis was when I played my second New Year's Eve show for him in 1970.

When I was a reporter in Bristol, which I was between the years 1954 and 1960, the newspaper would get tickets for whoever showed up to play a gig at the big hall down the road, so I saw some wonderful people. The Everly Brothers, for example.

I went to a Katy Perry concert, and I experienced pure bliss for the first time in my life.

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

I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little.

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

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

I saw Berry in concert a couple of times in the late '70s - and like almost every North American male of a certain age, I went because a friend was hired by Berry that very day to be part of the legend's backup band.

I'm a big fan of the young 1950s Elvis when he would just go onstage and control the whole environment.

My first concert isn't that cool or ironic. I wish it had been like, "My first concert was the Backstreet Boys," but the first concert I went to, I think, was this band called The Samples.

I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.

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

I'm also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now.

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 an original Elvis fan. He was the voice of my generation. I was listening to him on the radio when he released his great Sun records with Scotty Moore on electric guitar and Bill Black on bass.

When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.

I just got off stage playing with Lynyrd Skynyrd a minute ago. It was a great show. Got to meet some incredible guests. This is the bee's knees.

I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.

It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn.

From the first time you can look in the paper and you accept that you're the entertainment for some people that night, it becomes so much more enjoyable to play live.

When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.

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

They played Boston. They played at the Boston Tea Party and through an amazing chain of events I got to hang out with them backstage even though I was underage.

My dream collaboration would be Elvis.