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" I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were. "

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" More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me. "

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

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

" I'll never make it, it will never happen, because they're never going to hear me 'cause they're screaming all the time. "

" It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can. "

" 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. "

" After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake. "

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

" I was an only child, and Mother was always right with me all my life. I used to get very angry at her when I was growing up-it's a natural thing. "

" Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. "

" Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over. "

" The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck. "

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" I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. "

" I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show. "

" There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out. "

" I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story. "

" I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid. "

" I miss my singing career very much. "

" Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know why-the lyrics had no meaning. "

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

" From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what. "

" I think I have something tonight that's not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes. "

" People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody. "

" The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them. "

" A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts. "

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

" That's why I hate to get started in these jam sessions. I'm always the last one to leave. "

" Those people in New York are not gonna change me none. "

" I'm strictly for Stevenson. I don't dig the intellectual bit, but I'm telling you, man, he knows the most. "

" I'm no hillbilly singer. "