Blue Suede Shoes Quotes

I remember old Elvis when he forgot to remember to forget.

When I talk about rock n' roll, to me, that goes back to the beginning of the 1950s. Blue suede shoes and sideburns, man. Pink and black coloured clothes. Turn your collar up, comb your hair in ducktails. And the music was cool. It was a whole culture then - a different world.

Elvis Presley, you can't define him in a couple of sentences, but he was a country boy and he was very respectful.

I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little.

The only person that anybody's ever said I resemble is a young Elvis. It used to happen a lot more when I was younger, and more when I don't wear a hat.

When I was very young, there was a lot of music at home, mostly jazz. I was walking around singing and pretending I was in bands from a very young age. But the first song that was really personal to me was 'Blue Suede Shoes'.

I would like to do the Elvis Presley.

God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.

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

The first record I bought was a Carl Perkins record, because I saw him at The Festival at Sandpoint, Idaho. I loved Elvis and I found out that he wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes'... so connecting that experience of going to see him play was pretty awesome. That's when I realised I wanted to play guitar.

The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died. We drove to Memphis, the sky was hard and black.

I was an Elvis freak. That's all I listened to growing up.

It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was.

Before we get started, let's all say 'Happy Birthday' to Elvis Presley today.

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it.