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

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

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

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

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.

If You Wanna Be Loved, Baby, You've Got To Love Me, Too. Oh Yeah, Cause I An't For No One Side Love Affair.

All The Stars Will Tell The Story, Of Our Love And All Its Glory. Let Us Make This Night Of Magic, And Make It A Night Of Love.

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

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

Folks Always Look Good In Their Coffins.

Nuthin' More Fun Than Rock N' Roll!

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

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

Sharing Money Is What Gives It Its Value.

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.'

Gospel Music Is The Purest Thing There Is On This Earth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's All A Big Hoax, Honey. I Never Wrote A Song In My Life. I Get One-third Of The Credit For Recording It. It Makes Me Look Smarter Than I Am. I've Never Even Had An Idea For A Song. Just Once, Mybe.

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

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

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

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

Don't Step On My Blue Suede Shoes.

Whatever I Will Become Will Be What God Has Chosen For Me.

Man, I Really Like Vegas.

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

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

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

I’m So Lucky To Be In The Position To Give. It’s Really A Gift To Give.

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

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

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

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

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

I Did The Ed Sullivan Show Four Times. I Did The Steve Allen Show. I Did The Jackie Gleason Show.

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

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

I Never Expected To Be Anybody Important.

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

I'll Stay In Memphis.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Falling In Love

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

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.'

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

We Can't Build Our Dreams On Suspicious Minds.

When We Kiss My Heart's On Fire, Burning With A Strange Desire. And I Know That Every Time I Kiss You, That Your Heart's On Fire, Too.

Taking Care Of Business...guess Elvis Use To Say It Alot And Had Necklaces Made With Initials Tcb

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

I'm No Hillbilly Singer.

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

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

I Was Almost Always True To You.

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

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.

Where Could I Go But To The Lord?

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

Love Is A Thing You Never Can Share.

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

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

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

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

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

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

You Only Pass Through This Life Once, You Don't Come Back For An Encore.

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

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

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

Envy Someone An' It Pulls You Down. Admire Them And It Builds You Up. Which Makes More Sense?

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

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

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

Ambition Is A Dream With A V8 Engine.

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

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

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.

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

Whatever It Is, Go Back And Do It Again.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I Want To Entertain People. That's My Whole Life. To My Last Breath.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I Think Most People Have A Natural Instinct To Rebel.

When I Started Singing, I Weighed 153 Pounds. I Weigh 184 Now. I Haven't Gotten Any Taller, But I'm Putting On A Little More Weight.

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

All I Want Is To Know The Truth, To Know And Experience God. I'm A Searcher, That's What I'm All About.

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

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.

I'm Not Trying To Be Sexy. It's Just My Way Of Expressing Myself When I Move Around.

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

I Love Only One Girl, One In Every Town.

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

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

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

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

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

If You Bring A Friend Into Your Love Affair, That's The End Of Your Sweetheart That's The End Of Your Friend, That's When Your Heartache Begins.

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

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.

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

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

I'm With A Crowd But Oh So Alone.

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

The Greatest Voice Of All Time.

I Saw Three Shrimp In The Water, Two Were Old And Gray. I Swam A Little Closer, And I Heard The Third One Say, Good-bye Mama.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Those People In New York Are Not Gonna Change Me None.

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

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

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

Adversity Is Sometimes Hard Upon A Man; But For One Man Who Can Stand Prosperity, There Are A Hundred That Will Stand Adversity.

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

If You Cry When You're In Love, It Sure Ain't No Disgrace.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action.

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.

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

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

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.

Never Wait For Tomorrow, What If Tomorrow Never Comes?

Maybe I Didn't Treat You Quite As Good As I Should Have Maybe I Didn't Love You Quite As Often As I Could Have Little Things I Should Have Said And Done I Just Never Took The Time You Were Always On My Mind You Were Always On My Mind

Always On My Mind

Do Something Worth Remembering.

Positive Attitude

I Don't Do Any Vulgar Movements.

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

When I Was A Child 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 Have Ever Dreamed Has Come True A Thousand Times.

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

Viva Las Vegas With Your Neon Flashin' And Your One Arm Bandits Crashin' All Those Hopes Down The Drain. Viva Las Vegas Turnin' Day Into Nighttime, Turnin Night Into Daytime. If You See It Once, You'll Never Be The Same Again.

Man, That Record Came Out And Was Real Big In Memphis. They Started Playing It, And It Got Real Big. Don't Know Why-the Lyrics Had No Meaning.

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

In Public, I Like Real Conservative Clothes, Something That's Not Too Flashy. But Onstage, I Like 'em As Flashy As You Can Get 'em.

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

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

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

I Forgot To Remember To Forget.

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

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

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

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.

Little Sister, Don't You Do What Your Big Sister Done.

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

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

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

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

The Only Exercise I Get Is On The Stage. If I Didn't Get That, I'd Get A Little Round Around The Tummy, As Much As I Eat.

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

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

I Like Entertaining People. I Really Miss It.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Her Little Sister Will Tell You She Don't Live Here Anymore.

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

I Miss My Singing Career Very Much.

I Was An Overnight Sensation.

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