Here was this guy who stuttered a little, and yet he could get onstage and do all sorts of things. Well, Elvis was a gunslinger. You meet a gunslinger without his guns on, and he's just as normal as everyone else. But when he puts his guns on, you better watch your ass! You've got to be schizophrenic to be in this business. In the early days, Elvis used to say he wasn't aware his leg was shaking to the music, that it just happened. But he was no fool. He found out what worked and made it work again.
Billy smith:
Elvis always liked to sing. Bit I don't remember him saying, "I want to be a singer." Except after he got his guitar, it might have crossed his mind. But it wasn't something he harped on or totally devoted his life to. In his teenage years, he would go listen to gospel groups. But he also thought about becoming a policeman.
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Elvis And The Memphis Mafia By Alanna Nash
Non-FictionA monumental oral biography filled with raucous joy, aching loss and terrible poignancy, Elvis and the memphis mafia is the first book to capture the king - the man and the phenomenon- in his full complexity.
