" 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 in 1956 talking about his way of moving on stage.

" 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 commenting to a reporter 1950's

" 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-Withoput a song. " So I keep singing a song Goodnight. Thank you."

From his acceptance speech for the 1970 Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation Award. Given at a ceremony on January 16th 1971

"... the image is one thing and the human being is another.... it's very hard to live up to an image."

from a press conference in 1972

"  Till we meet you again may God bless you.

A  d  i  o  s  .  "

Said in 1977 at the end of a concert during his last tour.