 I never expected to be anybody important. |
| I'll stay in Memphis. |
| More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me. |
| 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've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example. |
| I was an overnight sensation. |
| I like entertaining people. I really miss it. |
| Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. |
| I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid. |
| I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned. |
| Those people in New York are not gonna change me none. |
| There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out. |
| Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old. |
| I think I have something tonight that's not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes. |
| 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. |
| I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. |
| Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. |
| I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line. |
| I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around. |
