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"Elvis Presley is the greatest cultural force in the 20th century."

(Leonard Bernstein)

"If you're an Elvis fan, no explanation is necessary; If you're not an Elvis fan, no explanation is possible."

(George Klein)

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"For a dead man, Elvis Presley is awfully noisy."

(Professor Gilbert B. Rodman)

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"History has him as this good old country boy, Elvis is about as country as Bono!"

(Jerry Schilling)

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"Absolute id crashed into absolute superego...as the uptightset man in America shook hands with just about the loosest."

(Mark Feeney on the 'Elvis meets Nixon' meeting)

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"Elvis is everywhere"

(Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper)

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"...especially in the South, they talk about Elvis and Jesus in the same breath"

(Michael Ventura, LA Weekly)

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"The image is one thing and the human being is another...it's very hard to live up to an image"

(Elvis Presley, Madison Square Garden press conference, 1972)

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

(David Bowie)

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"No-one, but no-one, is his equal, or ever will be. He was, and is supreme"

(Mick Jagger)

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"I wasn't just a fan, I was his brother...there'll never be another like that soul brother"

(Soul legend, James Brown)

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"Before Elvis there was nothing!"

(John Lennon)