I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people's success, especially if he had something to do with it.

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

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

If it was just me and Elvis one on one, which only happened once or twice in the times that I did see him, it was a really comfortable. He was a cool guy. Easy laugh, nice guy.

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

I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times.