I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away.

First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas. He was on the back end of a truck. There was about 1500 screaming kids.

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

I had Elvis' number in my book and I never called it.

There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories.

Brazil, I'm totally obsessed. I've been going since I was 17, and the first time I went, I fell in love with it.