Sometimes bad is bad.

I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately?

Sometimes bad is bad.

I grew up in Marin County north of San Francisco, and in the 1950s and '60s it was a natural paradise.

My first kiss can be summed up in one word - unsuccessful.

I went to engineering school, I went to physics class. I said, 'Screw this, I don't want to be here. I'd much rather be at a club playing music.

A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.