“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 aga…”— Elvis Presley, graceland.comTagged: Performing, Stage Fright
“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, graceland.comTagged: Performing, Stage Fright, live concert
“...the image is one thing and the human being is another...it’s very hard to live up to an image.”— Elvis Presley, graceland.comTagged: Public Image
“I’ve never gotten over what they call stage fright. 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 the…”— Elvis Presley, graceland.comTagged: Performing, Stage Fright
“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.”— Elvis Presley, graceland.comTagged: gospel, Music, Performing
“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;…”— Elvis Presley, graceland.comTagged: Hero, Dreamer, comic book
“Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes.”— Elvis Presley, graceland.comTagged: Criticism, Empathy
“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.”— Elvis Presley, graceland.comTagged: Saint, God, Hope, Belonging
“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.”— Elvis Presley, graceland.comTagged: Performing, rock performance