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Don't Criticize What You Can't Understand, Son. You Never Walked In That's Man Shoes.

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How Can You Lose Something You Never Had, I Tell Myself When I'm Feeling Sad.

I Feel My Temperature Rising. Help Me, I'm Flaming, I Must Be A Hundred And Nine.

Nine And Nine Makes Fourteen, Four And Four Makes Nine. The Clock Is Striking Thirteen, I Think I've Lost My Mind.

When Things Go Wrong, Don't Go With Them.

If You Let Your Head Get Too Big, It'll Break Your Neck.

My Movements, Ma'am, Are All Leg Movements. I Don't Do Nothing With My Body.

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I Am Not The King. Jesus Christ Is The King. I’m Just An Entertainer.

I've Been Getting Some Bad Publicity - But You Got To Expect That.

I'm Left, You're Right, And She's Gone. You're Right, And I'm Left All Alone.

I Figure All Any Kid Needs Is Hope And The Feeling He Or She Belongs.

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.'

I Believe In The Bible. I Believe That All Good Things Come From God. I Don't Believe I'd Sing The Way I Do If God Hadn't Wanted Me To.'

We Can't Build Our Dreams On Suspicious Minds.

Ma'am, I'm Not Tryin' To Be Sexy. Ah Didn't Have Any Clear Idea Of Trying To Sell Sex. It's Just My Way Of Expressin' How I Feel When I Move Around. It's All Leg Movement. I Don't Do Nothin' With My Body.

I Ain't No Saint, But I've Tried Never To Do Anything That Would Hurt My Family Or Offend God...i Figure All Any Kid Needs Is Hope And The Feeling He Or She Belongs. If I Could Do Or Say Anything That Would Give Some Kid That Feeling, I Would Believe I Had Contributed Something To The World.

I've Never Gotten Over What They Call Stagefright. I Go Through It Every Show. I'm Pretty Concerned, I'm Pretty Much Thinking About The Show. I Never Get Completely Comfortable With It, And I Don't Let The People Around Me Get Comfortable With It, In That I Remind Them That It's A New Crowd Out There, It's A New Audience, And They Haven't Seen Us Before. So It's Got To Be Like The First Time We Go On.

I Don't Do Any Vulgar Movements.

She Touched My Hand What A Chill I Got, Her Lips Are Like A Volcano That's Hot.

Blacko-oxy-tonic Phosphate, It's The Latest Scoop. But That's Alright Girls, You Can Call It Goop.

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.

There Are Too Many People That Depend On Me. I'm Too Obligated. I'm In Too Far To Get Out.

Love Me Tender, Love Me Sweet, Never Let Me Go.

Look Guys, If You're Just Going To Stare At Me, I'm Going To Bed!

When I Was A Child, Ladies And Gentlemen, I Was A Dreamer. I Read Comic Books, And I Was The Hero Of The Comic Book. I Saw Movies, And I Was The Hero In The Movie. So Every Dream I Ever Dreamed, Has Come True A Hundred Times... I Learned Very Early In Life That "without A Song, The Day Would Never End; Without A Song, A Man Ain't Got A Friend; Without A Song, The Road Would Never Bend - Without A Song." So I Keep Singing A Song. Goodnight. Thank You.

I've Never Written A Song In My Life. It's All A Big Hoax.

Since The Beginning, It Was Just The Same. The Only Difference, The Crowds Are Bigger Now.

Everybody Comes From The Same Source. If You Hate Another Human Being, You're Hating Part Of Yourself.

Gonna Travel, Gonna Travel Wild And Free I'm Gonna Pack My Bags Because This Great Big World Is Calling Me

Nuthin' More Fun Than Rock N' Roll!

Don't Step On My Blue Suede Shoes.

People Think You're Crazy If You Talk About Things They Don't Understand.

I Was An Only Child, And Mother Was Always Right With Me All My Life. I Used To Get Very Angry At Her When I Was Growing Up-it's A Natural Thing.

Tomorrow Will Be Too Late, It's Now Or Never.

There's No Job Too Immense, When You Got Confidence.

I've Spent A Life Time Waiting For The Right Time, Now That You're Near, The Time Is Here At Last.

Samson Told Delilah Loud And Clear, Keep Your Cotton Picken Fingers Out Of My Hair.

I Have No Use For Bodyguards, But I Have Very Specific Use For Two Highly Trained Certified Public Accountants.

Don't Criticize That Man Unless You Have Walked In His Shoes.

Like A River Flows Surely To The Sea/darling So It Goes/some Things Are Meant To Be/take My Hand, Take My Whole Life Too/for I Can't Help Falling In Love With You.

Falling In Love

I Hope I Didn't Bore You Too Much With My Life Story.

I Can't Sing Very Well But I'd Like To Try.

You Don't Like Hot Rod Racing Or Driving Late At Night, You Just Want To Park Where It's Nice And Dark.

The Greatest Voice Of All Time.

I'm Strictly For Stevenson. I Don't Dig The Intellectual Bit, But I'm Telling You, Man, He Knows The Most.

If You're Smart, You'll Think Twice, When They Start To Sound Off With Advice.

I Don't Mind Being Controversial. Even Jesus Wasn't Loved In His Day.

Somebody Does Somethin' Stupid, That's Human. They Don't Stop When They See It's Wrong, That's A Fool.

I'll Stay In Memphis.

When You Get Down To The Nitty Gritty, Isn't It A Pity That In This Big City Not One Little Bitty Man Will Admit That He Could Have Been A Little Wrong.

Don't Tell Me Baby You Gotta Go, I Got The Hifi High And The Lights Down Low.

Love Is A Thing You Never Can Share.

I'm So Nervous. I've Always Been Nervous, Ever Since I Was A Kid.

I Wiggle My Shoulders, I Shake My Legs, I Walk Up And Down The Stage, I Hop Around On One Foot. But I Never Bump And Grind. Why, That's Vulgar. I'd Never Do Anything Vulgar Before An Audience. My Mother Would Never Allow It.

When I Got Outta High School I Was Driving A Truck. I Was Just A Poor Boy From Memphis, Memphis.

I'm With A Crowd But Oh So Alone.

When I Was A Boy, I Always Saw Myself As A Hero In Comic Books And In Movies. I Grew Up Believing This Dream.

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.

Wise Men Say Only Fools Rush In. But I Can't Help Falling In Love With You.

Then Came Act Ii, You Seemed To Change And Acted Strange, And Why I'll Never Know.

I'm No Hillbilly Singer.

Love Had Surely Made Us All And Hate Would Surely Make Us Fall.

When I First Saw You With Your Smile So Tender, My Heart Was Captured, My Soul Surrendered.

From The Time I Was A Kid, I Always Knew Something Was Going To Happen To Me. Didn't Know Exactly What.

Life Has Taught Me One Big Lesson, Always Keep The Girlies Guessing.

You Look Like An Angel, Walk Like An Angel, Talk Like An Angel. But I Got Wise, You're The Devil In Disguise.

Teenagers Are My Life And My Triumph. I'd Be Nowhere Without Them.

Everything Is So Dreamy When You Are Young. After You Grow Up It Kind Of Becomes -- Just Real.

The First Time That I Appeared On Stage, It Scared Me To Death. I Really Didn't Know What All The Yelling Was About. I Didn't Realize That My Body Was Moving. It's A Natural Thing To Me. So To The Manager Backstage I Said, "what'd I Do? What'd I Do?" And He Said, "whatever It Is, Go Back And Do It Again."

I Get Tired Of Playing A Guy Who Gets Into A Fight, Then Starts Singing To The Guy He's Just Beat Up.

Some People Tap Their Feet, Some People Snap Their Fingers, And Some People Sway Back And Forth. I Just Sorta Do 'em All Together, I Guess.

Some Guys Fall In Love With One Girl, I Gotta Fall For Two.

Falling In Love

I Knew By Heart All The Dialogue Of James Dean's Films; I Could Watch Rebel Without A Cause A Hundred Times Over.

I Never Expected To Be Anybody Important.

Computers May Out Think Us One Day, But As Long As People Got Feelings We'll Be Better Than They Are.

The Colored Folks Been Singing It And Playing It Just Like I'm Doin' Now, Man, For More Years Than I Know. I Got It From Them.

That's Why I Hate To Get Started In These Jam Sessions. I'm Always The Last One To Leave.

The Lord Can Give, And The Lord Can Take Away. I Might Be Herding Sheep Next Year.

A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action.

Didja Ever Get One Of Them Girls Who Just Wants To Watch The Show?

You Can Do Anything, But Lay Off My Blue Suede Shoes

After A Hard Day Of Basic Training, You Could Eat A Rattlesnake.

Make Me Feel At Home, If You Really Care, Scratch My Back And Run Your Pretty Fingers Through My Hair.

Talent Is Being Able To Sell What You're Feeling.

The World Is More Alive At Night; It's Like God Isn't Looking.

Until We Meet Again, May God Bless You As He Has Blessed Me.

I Was Training To Be An Electrician. I Suppose I Got Wired The Wrong Way Round Somewhere Along The Line.

Once I Catch You And The Kissing Starts, A Team Of Wild Horses Couldn't Tear Us Apart.

Love Me Tender, Love Me True, All My Dreams Fulfill. For My Darling, I Love You, And I Always Will.

My Philosophy Of Life Is Simple: I Need Someone To Love, Something To Wait And Do Something.

Values Are Like Fingerprints. Nobody's Are The Same, But You Leave 'em All Over Everything You Do

There Is A Season For Everything, Patience Will Reward You And Reveal All Answers To Your Questions.' 'truth Is Like The Sun. You Can Shut It Out For A Time, But It Ain't Going Away.

C'mon, Let's Get Real, Real Gone.

Money Honey, If You Want To Get Along With Me.

It's Human Nature To Gripe, But I'm Going Ahead And Doing The Best I Can.

Friends Are People You Can Talk To... Without Words When You Have To.

Rhythm Is Something You Either Have Or Don't Have, But When You Have It, You Have It All Over.

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Do The Clam, Do The Clam, Grab Your Barefoot Baby By The Hand.

People Ask Me Where I Got My Singing Style. I Didn't Copy My Style From Anybody.

More Than Anything Else, I Want The Folks Back At Home To Think Right Of Me.

The Walls Have Ears, Better Think Before You Throw That Shoe.

Every Time I Think That I'm Getting Old, And Gradually Going To The Grave, Something Else Happens.

I Don't Like To Be Called Elvis The Pelvis. It's One Of The Most Childish Expressions I've Ever Heard Coming From An Adult. But If They Wanna Call Me That, There's Nothin' I Can Do About It, So I Just Have To Accept It.

What's The Good Of Reaching 90, If You Waste 89?

I Feel So Alone Sometimes. The Night Is Quiet For Me. I'd Love To Be Able To Sleep. I'll Probably Not Rest. I Have No Need For All This. Help Me, Lord.

I Don't Feel I'll Live A Long Life. That's Why I Have To Get What I Can From Every Day.

I'm Evil, My Middle Name Is Misery. Well, I'm Evil, So Don't Mess Around With Me.

The Only Thing Worse Than Watching A Bad Movie Is Being In One.

He Holds His Guitar Like A Tommy Gun.

I Happened To Come Along In The Music Business When There Was No Trend.

I'm Not Kidding Myself. My Voice Alone Is Just An Ordinary Voice. What People Come To See Is How I Use It. If I Stand Still While I'm Singing, I'm Dead, Man. I Might As Well Go Back To Driving A Truck.

We Do Two Shows A Night For Five Weeks. A Lotta Times We'll Go Upstairs And Sing Until Daylight - Gospel Songs. We Grew Up With It...it More Or Less Puts Your Mind At Ease. It Does Mine.

The Only Kind Of Trouble I've Ever Been In Is When I Was Stealing Eggs When I Was Little. I Think I Know Right From Wrong.

I Was Almost Always True To You.

Ah Just Act The Way Ah Feel.

Truth Is Like The Sun. You Can Shut It Out For A Time, But It Ain't Goin' Away.

A Little Less Fight And A Little More Spark, Close Your Mouth And Open Your Heart.

Whatever It Is, Go Back And Do It Again.

Number 47 Said To Number 3, You're The Cutest Jailbird I Ever Did See.

It's Not Just Self Defense, It's About...self Control, Body Discipline, And Mind Discipline...and Breath Techniques. It Involves Yoga. It Involves Meditation. It's An Art, Not A Sport.

I Don't Want To Be A Tiger, Tigers Play Too Rough. I Don't Want To Be A Lion, Cause Lions Ain't The Kind You Love Up.

If You Talk In Your Sleep, Don't Mention My Name. If You Walk In Your Sleep, Forget Where You Came.

Where Could I Go But To The Lord?

I Get Tired Of Singing To The Guys I Beat Up In Motion Pictures.

I Get Sometimes; I Get Lonesome Right In The Middle Of A Crowd.

Memories, Pressed Between The Pages Of My Mind. Memories, Sweetened Through The Ages Just Like Wine.

I Don't Like People Who Are In Politics For Themselves And Not For Others. You Want That, You Can Go Into Show Business.

Folks Always Look Good In Their Coffins.

I'd Just Like To Be Treated Like A Regular Customer.

A Lot Of People Seem To Think I Started This Business. But Rock 'n' Roll Was Here A Long Time Before I Came Along. Nobody Can Sing That Kind Of Music Like Colored People. Let's Face It: I Can't Sing Like Fats Domino Can. I Know That.

We're Trapped In A World That's Troubled With Pain. As Long As A Man Has The Strength To Dream, He Can Redeem His Soul And Fly.

[it's] Funny How Things Have A Way Of Looking So Much Brighter In The Daytime.

Hey Buddy, Don't You Be No Square, If You Can't Find A Partner Use A Wooden Chair.

Animals Don't Hate, And We're Supposed To Be Better Than Them.

They Put Me On Television. And The Whole Thing Broke Loose. It Was Wild, I Tell Ya For Sure.

You're So Square, Baby, I Don't Care.

There's No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car.

I'll Be A Fool Or A Wiseman, My Darling, You Hold The Key. Anyway You Want Me, That's How I Will Be.

Low Self Esteem

On A Cold And Gray Chicago Morning Another Little Baby Child Is Born In The Ghetto, And His Mama Cries.

Later On They Send Me To Hollywood. To Make Movies. It Was All New To Me. I Was Only 21 Years Old.

We're The Perfect Combination. Colonel's An Old Carny, And Me, I'm Off The Wall.

I Don't Know Anything About Music. In My Line You Don't Have To.

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.

Happiness Is Knowin' You've Done A Good Job, Whether It's Professional Or For Another Person.

Music Should Be Something That Makes You Gotta Move, Inside Or Outside.

I'm Trying To Keep A Level Head. You Have To Be Careful Out In The World. It's So Easy To Get Turned.

I'll Never Make It, It Will Never Happen, Because They're Never Going To Hear Me 'cause They're Screaming All The Time.

I've Had A Pretty Good Lesson In Human Nature. It's More Important To Try To Surround Yourself With People Who Can Give You A Little Happiness, Because You Only Pass Through This Life Once, Jack. You Don't Come Back For An Encore.

I Love Only One Girl, One In Every Town.

When We're Dancing It Almost Feels The Same, I've Got To Stop Myself From Whispering Your Name.

I Wouldn't Call Girls A Hobby. It's A Pastime.

I Think Most People Have A Natural Instinct To Rebel.

The Child Needs A Helping Hand Or He'll Grow Up To Be An Angry Young Man Some Day.

When Your Intelligence Don't Tell You Something Ain't Right, Your Conscience Gives You A Tap You On The Shoulder And Says 'hold On'. If It Don't, You're A Snake.

Take Your Troubles To The Chapel, Get Down On Your Knees And Pray. Your Burdens Will Be Lighter, And You'll Surely Find The Way.

In My Beach Shack, We'll Be Alone. In My Beach Shack, I'll Make You Feel At Home.

I Miss My Singing Career Very Much.

Since My Baby Left Me, I've Found A New Place To Dwell, Down At The End Of Lonely Street At Heartbreak Hotel.

I Don't Think I'm Bad For People. If I Did Think I Was Bad For People, I Would Go Back To Driving A Truck, And I Really Mean This.

I Think I Have Something Tonight That's Not Quite Correct For Evening Wear. Blue Suede Shoes.

When I Get Married, It'll Be No Secret.

Ambition Is A Dream With A V8 Engine.

The First Car I Bought Was The Most Beautiful Car I've Ever Seen. It Was Secondhand, But I Parked It Outside Of My Hotel The Day I Got It. I Sat Up All Night, Just Lookin' At It.

Do What's Right For You, So Long As It Don't Hurt No One.

I Look At You And Wham, I'm Head Over Heals. I Guess That Love Is Like A Banana Peel.

Singers Come And Go, But If You're A Good Actor, You Can Last A Long Time.

Any Audience, As A Rule, Goes For A Fast Number.

I Just Know That, Right Now, ... The Biggest Record Selling Business There Is Is Rock And Roll.

Man, I Was Tame Compared To What They Do Now. Are You Kidding? I Didn't Do Anything But Just Jiggle.

The Man Who Can Sing When He Hasn't Got A Thing, He's The King Of The Whole Wide World.

To Judge A Man By His Weakest Link Or Deed Is Like Judging The Power Of The Ocean By One Wave.

I Learned How Important It Is To Entertain People And Give Them A Reason To Come And Watch You Play.

Your Kisses Lift Me Higher...like The Sweet Song Of A Choir. You Light My Morning Sky, With Burning Love.

I'd Rather Go On Hearing Your Lies, Than To Go On Living Without You.

Ambition Is A Dream With A V8 Engine. Ain't Nowhere Else In The World Where You Can Go From Driving A Truck To Cadillac Overnight

Never Wait For Tomorrow, What If Tomorrow Never Comes?

I'll Never Feel Comfortable Taking A Strong Drink, And I'll Never Feel Easy Smoking A Cigarette. I Just Don't Think Those Things Are Right For Me.

The Road To Love Is Full Of Danger Signs.

I Can Preach Until Your Deaf And Dumb, I'm In That Soul Saving Army Beating On That Big Bass Drum.

I'm Lonely Like Adam And You're Evil Like Eve.

The Closest I Ever Came To Getting Married Was Just Before I Started Singing. In Fact, My First Record Saved My Neck.

It's Not How Much You Have That Makes People Look Up To You, It's Who You Are.

So Many Kids And Adults, Too, Have Gotten Just About One Of The Roughest Breaks That Can Happen To A Person. We Can Help These People.

The Image Is One Thing And The Human Being Is Another...it's Very Hard To Live Up To An Image.

Too Much Tv Hurts Movies.

My Fans Want My Shirt. They Can Have My Shirt. They Put It On My Back.

Don't Criticize What You Can't Understand, Son. You Never Walked In That's Man Shoes.

I've Come Too Far, And I Don't Know How To Get Back.

Just Because I Managed To Do A Little Something, I Don't Want Anyone Back Home To Think I Got The Big Head.

Sad Thing Is, You Can Still Love Someone And Be Wrong For Them.

I Sure Lost My Musical Direction In Hollywood. My Songs Were The Same Conveyer Belt Mass Production, Just Like Most Of My Movies Were.

Before You Abuse, Criticize, And Accuse Walk A Mile In My Shoes.

I Go For All The Belles, Except The Wedding Kind.

I Like Brando's Acting ... And James Dean ... And Richard Widmark. Quite A Few Of 'em I Like.

Don't Leave My Embrace For Here In My Arms Is Your Place.

I Didn't Know That There Were Any Radio Stations In Nova Scotia.

Man, I Really Like Vegas.

Man, I Was Tame Compared To What They Do Now.

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