Quora - Page 2 of 2 - elvis – a touch of gold

people say some strange and stupid stuff about elvis presley

January 13, 2021August 23, 2018

THIS TIME THE QUESTION posed to me on Quora was somewhat nebulous and seemingly pointless: “What is something that needs to be said about Elvis Presley?” Nebulous in that almost anything can be said, and pointless because what hasn’t been said about the man? [Continue reading]

did elvis steal his style of singing from other artists?

March 10, 2020August 15, 2018

PEOPLE ON QUORA asking me questions about rock & roll music seems to come in waves. I have answered several in the past few days after going more than a week without—although there were a few that I couldn’t answer because they concerned newer artists with whom I’m unfamiliar (newer meaning artists who recorded after 1980). [Continue reading]

what was elvis like in person? (like the rest of us, only a few know)

August 23, 2018August 13, 2018

TWO QUORA QUESTIONS answered in one day, both about Elvis. (Check out the previous post on this site’s front page for the first question and my answer.) The question this time was,“What was Elvis Presley like in person? [Continue reading]

what made elvis great and was he the best rock & roll singer ever?

August 23, 2018August 12, 2018

EARLIER TODAY I fielded another question on the Quora platform: “What made Elvis Presley great and was he the best rock and roll singer ever?” Rather than tax my mind trying to come up with something clever, instead I recalled to the best of my ability—keeping in mind that I may be suffering with incipient Denny Crane Syndrome—a review that was forty-six years old. [Continue reading]

quora question answered: was elvis presley a great musician?

March 10, 2020May 10, 2017

I RECENTLY DISCOVERED QUORA, a sorta social media website with a mission: “To share and grow the world’s knowledge.” They do this by allowing registered members (it’s free and easy) to ask questions and other members to offer answers. [Continue reading]

A FEW QUOTES

“[Elvis] came to the session, picked the songs, and if something in the arrangement was changed, he was the one to change it. Everything was worked out spontaneously. Nothing was really rehearsed. Consciously or unconsciously, everyone imitated him.” – Bones Howe

“You have no idea how great he is, really you don’t. You have no comprehension, it’s absolutely impossible. I can’t tell you why he’s so great, but he is. He’s sensational.” – Phil Spector

"I don’t think he ripped them off. I think once something has been exposed, anyone can add or take from it if they like. He was just so great, so popular, and so hot, and so anything that he played became a hit.” – B.B. King

“He was an integrator. Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn’t let black music through. He opened the door for black music.” – Little Richard

"Elvis was a great man and did more for civil rights than people know. To say he was a racist is an insult to us all.” – Ernest Withers

"The only white boy that had soul—who could sing as good as any of them—was Elvis When it comes to singing, nobody had everything like Elvis. I’ll tell the world, Elvis was the greatest of all time." – Muhammad Ali

“The first time that I appeared on stage, I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, ‘What’d I do?’ And he said, 'Whatever it is, go back and do it again.' ” – Elvis Presley

"Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the 20th century. He introduced the beat to everything, music, language, clothes, it’s a whole new social revolution [and] the '60s come from it.” – Leonard Bernstein