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It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record. ↗

— Mac Davis

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But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

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I like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all the way back to Elvis Presley, but it's kind of like that's never really been my bag. Probably because I'm too shy. ↗

— Frank Black

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God's the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That's solely in the hands of God. ↗

— Johnny Cash

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I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people. ↗

— George Thorogood

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When I heard Elvis Presley, then I knew I had to do music. Music is my god, and is the only love that has never left me. It has always been there and is my best friend. ↗

— Ville Valo

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I saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

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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

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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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