Rock and Roll Legend Quotes

However, neither he nor anyone else could have become the star Elvis was. Ain't nobody like Elvis. Never was.

Being compared to Freddie Mercury is something I've come to terms with. I don't know that I'll ever successfully avoid the comparisons, as much as I might want to. Why bother, though? People hear what they want to hear because it makes them feel good and gives them a momentary pause from a loss rock and roll has felt for years.

Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.

Two thousand years from now they'll still be hearing about Elvis Presley.

Elvis Presley... had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.

I knew Jimi (Hendrix) and I think that the best thing you could say about Jimi was: there was a person who shouldn't use drugs.

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.

James Hetfield, I mean, the minute he plugs in his guitar and adjusts the tone knob, he comes up with the world's greatest riff.

My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country.

That Elvis, man, he is all there is. There ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with him. He wrote the book. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now. There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.

I owe Elvis my career, and the entire music business owes him it's lifeline.

That's my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you'd see pictures all over of Elvis. He's just the greatest entertainer that ever lived. And I think it's because he had such presence. When Elvis walked into a room, Elvis Presley was in the f***ing room. I don't give a f*** who was in the room with him, Bogart, Marilyn Monroe.

By the way he carried himself, you really thought that Bon Scott was immortal.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else.

I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road.

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

Elvis Presley? He's God.

My mom was always a big fan of Elvis. She made me listen to Elvis when I was a kid. I hated it. And I think now I've kind of grown up to fill in some of the sort of controversy that he created back in his day, but in a much more extreme, modern sense.

I have a very long and beautiful love affair with Elvis Presley. I own every record he ever made, so I have about 150, almost 200 records of his. So much that I haven't even listened to all of them. I see an Elvis record that I don't have, and I'll buy it and put it in my collection.

Chuck Berry doesn't give interviews.

Elvis was a major hero of mine. I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.

I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now.

I was loud and electric at night, got all shook up with Elvis.

I'm like Johnny Cash. I only wear black.