Quotes About Elvis!

THE PRO's!

• "The things he did during his career,the things he created are really something important"-Bing Crosby
• "Without Elvis none of us could have made it"-Buddy Holly
• "Nothing really affected me until Elvis"-Jhon Lennon
• "If I could find a white man who had the Negro Sound and the Negro feel,I could make a million dollars"-Sam Phillips
• "He taught white America how to get down"-James Brown
• "Elvis Presley was a symbol of the country's vitality,rebelliousness,and good humor"-President Jimmy Carter
• "When I met him he only had about a Million dollars worth of Talent, Now he has a Million dollars"-Colonel Tom Parker
• "Elvis is the Greatest Bluse singer in the world today"-Joe Cocker
• "Elvis is My Man"-Janis Joplin
• "There have been contenders but there is only one KING"-Bruce Springsteen
• "There is no way to measure his impact on society or the void that he leaves.He will always be the king of Rock & Roll"-Pat Boone
• "That boy can charm the Birds right out of the trees"-Richard Egan (1956)
• "It was Elvis that got me hooked on beat music. When I heard Heartbreak Hotel' I thought this is it"-Paul McCartney

The Cons

• "That Shakeing Devil won't Last two years"-Curly Pghan (Wvok radio in Bringham)
• "He can't Last,I tell you flatly he can't Last"-Jackie Gleason
• "He can't sing a Lick"-Jack O'Brien
• "I wouldn't have presley on my Show anytime"-Ed Sullivan (yeah right, we all know how true that was, don't we)
• "I want to count Elvis hound dogs twenty years from now, only time will tell if Elvis is collecting Cadillacs in 1976"-Spike Jones in 1956
• "Mr.Presley has no discernible sining ability"-Jack Gould (New York Times)
• "Where do you go from Elvis Presley-short of obscenity,which is against the law"-Jhon Crosby
• "He never contributed a damn thing to music"-Bing Crosby
• "The Fact that someone with so little ability, became the most popular singer in history, says something significant about our cultural standards"-Steve Allen
• "Extraorinarily untalented"-Jhon L. Wasserman