Let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly, yeah, this is the long good-bye.

That Elvis, man, he is all there is. There ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with him. He wrote the book. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now. There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.

I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.

Every rock song is some variation of 'Pull down your pants'

They wanted to know why I did what I did. Well, sir I guess there's just meanness in the world.

Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous.

From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life.