“It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.”

“A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts.”

“I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.”

“And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.”

“Too much TV hurts movies.”

“When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.”

“I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.”

“The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army.”

“Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.”