I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.

Everybody's talking about the President, we all chipped in for a bag of cement.

Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.

The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful songs, there's a sort of magic glow that just happens and you can feel it happening. It just makes the songs sort of roll out.

My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.

I'm still looking to write a great song.... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good enough.'

Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I'd feel great, beautiful.