Quote #25

At Sun Studio in Memphis Elvis Presley called to life what would soon be known as rock and roll with a voice that bore strains of the Grand Ole Opry and Beale Street, of country and the blues. At that moment, he ensured - instinctively, unknowingly - that pop music would never again be as simple as black and white.

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  1. I learned music listening to Elvis' records. His measurable effect on culture and music was even greater in England than in the States.
  2. Elvis had an influence on everybody with his musical approach. He broke the ice for all of us.
  3. Don't blame it on Elvis, for shakin' his pelvis Shakin' the pelvis been in style way back since the River Nile
  4. It's always been my dream to come to Madison Square Garden and be the warm-up act for Elvis.
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  8. Without Elvis, none of us could have made it.

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