Quotes by Elvis Presley

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
– Elvis Presley
Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.
– Elvis Presley
I don't want to read about some of these actresses who are around today. They sound like my niece in Scarsdale. I love my niece in Scarsdale, but I won't buy tickets to see her act.
– Elvis Presley
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
– Elvis Presley
When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.
– Elvis Presley
When I get married, it'll be no secret.
– Elvis Presley
Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.
– Elvis Presley
Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.
– Elvis Presley
Too much TV hurts movies.
– Elvis Presley
Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.
– Elvis Presley
Those movies sure got me into a rut.
– Elvis Presley
The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army.
– Elvis Presley
Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.'
– Elvis Presley
More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me.
– Elvis Presley
Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.
– Elvis Presley
Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.
– Elvis Presley
It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.
– Elvis Presley
I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.
– Elvis Presley
I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.
– Elvis Presley
I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.
– Elvis Presley
I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.
– Elvis Presley
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
– Elvis Presley
From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.
– Elvis Presley
A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts.
– Elvis Presley