Elvis Presley Quotes

• "Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity."
• "Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens."
• "I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."
• "I don't want to read about some of these actresses who are around today. They sound like my niece in Scarsdale. I love my niece in Scarsdale, but I won't buy tickets to see her act."
• "Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away."
• "Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens."
• "I don't know anything about music. In my line of work you don't have to."
• "Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it you have it all over."
• "Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."
• "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."
• "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 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 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."