49 Famous Elvis Presley Quotes on Success (MUSIC)

12 of the Best Elvis Presley Quotes to on Music, Life, and Success

Take my hand, take my whole life too, but I can’t help falling in love with you. — Take my hand, take my whole life too, but I can’t help falling in **love** with you.

To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.

It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are. — It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are.

A little less fight and a little more spark, close your mouth and open your heart.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream. — When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this **dream**.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away. — **Truth** is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but move to it. That’s what happens to me. I can’t help it. — Rock and roll **music**, if you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but move to it. That’s what happens to me. I can’t help it.

Animals don't hate, and we're supposed to be better than them. — Animals don’t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do. — Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ’em all over everything you do.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. — **Ambition** is a **dream** with a V8 engine.

You've got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead. — You’ve got to follow that **dream**, wherever that dream may lead.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. — Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand **prosperity**, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

37 Most Famous Elvis Presley Quotes on Happiness, Love, and God

“I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God… I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.”
Elvis Presley

Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess. — Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ’em all together, I guess.

I’m not trying to be sexy. It’s just my way of expressing myself when I move around.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way. — The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

There’s no job too immense, when you got confidence. — There’s no job too immense, when you got **confidence**.

It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can. — It’s human **nature** to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can.

People think you’re crazy if you talk about things they don’t understand.

When I first saw you with your smile so tender, my heart was captured, my soul surrendered.

If you wanna be loved, baby, you’ve got to love me, too. Oh yeah, cause I ain’t for no one side love affair. — If you wanna be loved, baby, you’ve got to love me, too. Oh yeah, cause I ain’t for no one side **love** affair.

Love had surely made us all and hate would surely make us fall. — **Love** had surely made us all and hate would surely make us fall.

If you cry when you’re in love, it sure ain’t no disgrace. — If you cry when you’re in **love**, it sure ain’t no disgrace.

Sad thing is, you can still love someone and be wrong for them. — Sad thing is, you can still **love** someone and be wrong for them.

I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you. — I’d rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.

I’ve spent a life time waiting for the right time, now that you’re near, the time is here at last. — I’ve spent a life time waiting for the right time, now that you’re near, the **time** is here at last.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

All I want is to know the truth, to know and experience God. I’m a searcher, that’s what I’m all about. — All I want is to know the **truth**, to know and experience God. I’m a searcher, that’s what I’m all about.

Never wait for tomorrow, what if tomorrow never comes?

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend. — I happened to come along in the **music** business when there was no trend.

Once I catch you and the kissing starts, a team of wild horses couldn’t tear us apart.

Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.

Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes.

Don't criticize that man unless you have walked in his shoes. — Don’t criticize that man unless you have walked in his shoes.

How can you lose something you never had, I tell myself when I’m feeling sad.

When things go bad, don't go with them. — When things go bad, don’t go with them.

I’m trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It’s so easy to get turned.

If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck.

Fame and fortune, how empty they can be.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. — I don’t know anything about **music**. In my line you don’t have to.

The army teaches boys to think like men.

What’s the good of reaching 90, if you waste 89?

Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens. — Every time I think that I’m getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

I’ll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I’ll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don’t think those things are right for me.

Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.

Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind. Memories, sweetened through the ages just like wine. — **Memories**, pressed between the pages of my mind. **Memories**, sweetened through the ages just like **wine**.

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

Elvis Presley Short Biography

Born on 8 January 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, United States, Elvis Aaron Presley was an American musician and actor and is considered a legend in rock and roll history.

Presley grew up in a family with humble beginnings. He was very close to his mother who raised Presley as a devout Catholic.

At age 11, Presley received his first guitar and would often bring it to school. He spent most of his time in high school learning how to play the guitar, but was too shy to perform live.

Although Presley had no formal training and could not read notes, he recorded his first demo record in August 1953 and released his first single “That’s All Right” in 1954.

On January 10, 1956, Presley recorded for RCA Nashville, and on January 27 he released his first No.1 single, Heartbreak Hotel. In the same year, he signed with Paramount Pictures.

Following several live performances and TV appearances, Presley’s crazed fans grew in numbers. He amassed a large following and Presley became known worldwide for his gyrating moves.

Upon returning from service in the military, Presley focused on his film career and continued to tour and make music until his death.

Throughout his career, Elvis Presley was the recipient of numerous Grammy awards and was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1971. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.

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