Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.

There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him dearly as a friend. He was a warm, considerate and generous man.

You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough.

I don't know what other singers feel when they articulate lyrics, but being an 18-karat manic-depressive and having lived a life of violent emotional contradictions, I have an overacute capacity for sadness as well as elation.

The only male singer who I've seen besides myself and who's better than me--that is Michael Jackson.

Way down among Brazilians. Coffee beans grow by the billions. So they've got to find those extra cups to fill. They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil

If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it... it possesses you.