I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.
— 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.
They put me on television. And the whole thing broke loose. It was wild, I tell ya for sure.
Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.
When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.
Those movies sure got me into a rut.
Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.
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.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
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 did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.
When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.
I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line.
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
