Elvis By Other Musicians Quotes & Sayings

I do have that personality where I like to have fun and enjoy life, so I have to make sure I tone myself down when I'm expressing myself. — Tyler Beede

We have to focus on his early work, and just one or two of his movies, and elements of his TV shows, to keep his memory pure. People now know that Elvis could play a mean rhythm guitar himself, and needed no other musicians to perform a great song. But Elvis was not just a rock star, he was an all-round entertainer. — Pete Townshend

Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool. — Eddie Van Halen

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue. — Moliere

We often envy our own abilities to escape
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even in daydreams we find reason for an end. from Human Nature — Tarringo T. Vaughan

Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence. — Amos Bronson Alcott

The lower strata of the middle class - the small tradespeople, shopkeepers, retired tradesmen generally, the handicraftsmen and peasants - all these sink gradually into the proletariat, partly because their diminutive capital does not suffice for the scale on which Modern Industry is carried on, and is swamped in the competition with the large capitalists, partly because their specialized skill is rendered worthless by the new methods of production. Thus the proletariat is recruited from all classes of the population. — Karl Marx

For the soul, understand, is itself the whole world. — Edgar Maass

I was lucky enough to first meet Elvis at his house in Bel Air and he used to invite different artists, singers and musicians, to come and jam with him at his house. — Jackie DeShannon

At the end of the day, we're all judged by those we leave behind. — Phil Keoghan

There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in something. Five subjects, and 12 notes. For all that, we musicians do pretty well. — Elvis Costello

I have decided not to appeal the ruling that took my law license. My accusers, the Board of Supervisors, once again have fired my lawyers, ensuring I cannot properly defend myself or my anti-corruption efforts. — Andrew Thomas

It is really sad for the new artists. Where's the next Elvis, where's the next Beatles, where's the Zeppelin? They're out there but they don't have a chance because once upon a time we [musicians of the 60s] had record companies, and they would support you and have point of purchase material and they would give you advances. In other words, they gave you the air to breathe to find yourself and spend the time to learn how to run. — Gene Simmons

Black is the hardest color in the world to get right-except for gray ... — Diana Vreeland