I saw Elvis live in '54. It was at the Big D Jamboree in Dallas and the first thing, he came out and spit on the stage...it affected me exactly the same way as when I first saw that David Lynch film. There was just no reference point in the culture to compare it to.

I got a woman that's mean as she can be, sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me.

Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.

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.

I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot, love is like a stove, burns you when it's hot

I waited, and I’m sure Elvis did too, for each Ricky Nelson record like we would a Chuck Berry record or a Fats Domino record, to see what was going on. I used to say to some of the guys that Ricky Nelson learned to sing on million selling records.