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ELVIS PRESLEY Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside
ELVIS PRESLEY Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one
ELVIS PRESLEY A Sharon.
ELVIS PRESLEY It more or less puts your mind at ease, ... It does mine.
ELVIS PRESLEY I am hands on with this with Bruno,
ELVIS PRESLEY The interior of the car consists of reupholstered seats, as well as Elvis' initials on the inside of...
ELVIS PRESLEY better stick to driving trucks.
ELVIS PRESLEY You got change, man?
ELVIS PRESLEY We're all just waiting to see what changes, if any, will be made,
ELVIS PRESLEY Illusions of The King.
ELVIS PRESLEY and I got the collection my Mother had, and I can't sell any of it.
ELVIS PRESLEY Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I j...
ELVIS PRESLEY A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and o...
ELVIS PRESLEY I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch "Rebel Without a Cause" a hund...
ELVIS PRESLEY The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the ye...
ELVIS PRESLEY Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time
ELVIS PRESLEY Only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one
ELVIS PRESLEY If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dolla...
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