ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in Memphis, and it was very nice. He sort of treated me like an equal, because we were both fresh in the business. We got to be great friends and kindred souls.

You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might.

Without the word dream, or the concept dream, and without the word blue and the emotions, I would have been really limited in the things I've written and performed.

People often ask me how would I like to be remembered and I answer that I would simply like to be remembered.

As you stopped to say hello, oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell that I'd been crying over you.

Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy.

Whether I'm in London, Sydney or Hong Kong, it makes no difference. There is always someone who knows me. I must be one of the most unloneliest people in the world!