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" I was an overnight sensation. "

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

" I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example. "

" I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money. "

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

" 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. "

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

" When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis. "

" When I get married, it'll be no secret. "

" I'll stay in Memphis. "

" I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax. "

" I never expected to be anybody important. "

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

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

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

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

" I like entertaining people. I really miss it. "

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" They put me on television. And the whole thing broke loose. It was wild, I tell ya for sure. "

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

Getting Married

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

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

" I'd just like to be treated like a regular customer. "