On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven.

I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

My home has always been show business.

The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.