Juliet had it easy; she never had to kill Romeo.
It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record.
Oh lord, it's hard to be humble when your perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, cause I get better looking each day.
'Don't Cry Daddy' is a pretty sad song. He got to the end of it and it was just real quiet and Elvis says, 'I'm gonna cut that someday for my daddy'. And, by God, he did. He lived up to his word.
Hey mister, where you goin' in such a hurry? Don't you think it's time you realize There's a whole lot more to life than work and worry All the sweetest things in life are free And they're right before your eyes? You've got to stop and smell the roses You've got to count your many blessings every day You're gonna find your way to heaven is a rough and rocky road If you don't stop and smell the roses along the way
One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.
There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories.
The Blackberry is really essential for keeping up on my emails when I'm out of the office, which is a lot.
I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while. . . if you keep on walking.
That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.
Any critic of Cezanne who described him as a painter of country scenes would be moving in the wrong direction. You must begin with the question of style. . .