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Happy 75th Elvis

I don’t have an appropriate Elvis pic for his birthday however, a quick story. I was shopping Wed. for my mum’s birthday this month at a specialty card shop in the west village that was closing down. Apparently calendars and cards don’t pay the rent any more in Bloomberg’s Manhattan, so they were closing shop and moving to Brooklyn.

I was going through all the unique stationary: embroidered, unicorns, and special typewriter fonts for the 60 year old news paper reporter. There was 20-50% off everything but even at those discounts it was really all crap. I hate to buy something superficial and just couldn’t find anything with a persona connection.

Some would say a spiritual sign, others would say the laws of gravity, but as I accidentally kicked the bottom shelf of the calendars, a stack of black and white photos fell on my Timberlands. The twenty or so photos were all of Elvis Presley in his prime, staring up at me with blue discount stickers. I’m a fan since my college days but since I was on my mission to shop for someone else, not myself, I passed on the purchase. I realize now that Thursday is Elvis’s birthday so I’ve put a few of my favorite quotes of his together and a tribute to him as well:

Elvis Presley – My Way
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“After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.”

“I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean’s films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over. ”

“I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.”

“I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line. ”

“Man, I really like Vegas.”

“Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over. ”

“The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck. ”

“The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I’m doin’ now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them. ”

“Those movies sure got me into a rut. ”

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

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Clash’s collection of 100 Most Outrageous Music Quotes

keithFrom Clash Music, here’s their list of most outrageous 100 quotes for all time (up to this point) but I it should have been titled the most Pompous quotes of all time, as they give space for 11 of their 100 quotes to the Gallagher brothers of Oasis. Liam and weren’t outrageous but just pompous ass clowns; the only thing I will agree with them is Liam Gallagher stating: “You’ve seen one of our gigs, you’ve seen ’em all.” Amen to that brother… Here are a few of my favorites from the list:

“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.”
Decca Records’ rejection letter to The Beatles, 1962.

“I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.”
Elvis Presley

“I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
Jimi Hendrix

“When I die, bury me on my stomach and let the world kiss my ass.”
L.L. Cool J

“When I first went to the Betty Ford Center I was very surprised they didn’t have a bar there… I thought they taught you how to drink like a gentleman.”
Ozzy Osbourne

“I’ve never had a problem with drugs. I’ve had problems with the police.”
Keith Richards

“I’m an instant star; just add water and stir.”
David Bowie

“As I get older my eyesight’s going bad, I don’t know what I’m in for [with groupies] until they come backstage and they’re very large with missing teeth.”
Nikki Sixx, Motley Crue

“Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, ‘That’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.’”
Elton John

“When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.”
David Bowie

And the most ridiculous quote (and I agree):
“Dance music was on its arse before we came along.”
Serge Pizzorno, Kasabian

BTW who the F is Serge and Kasabian, never heard of them…. honest and I’m a DJ of “dance music”.

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Quotes from George Dubya

“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are fantastic pictures.”

“If this was a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.”

“Let me put it to you this way. I am not a revengeful person.”

“We’ll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the peacemakers.”

“I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.”

“I hope we get to the bottom of the answers.”

“I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe. I believe what I believe is right.”

“Well, I think if you’re going to do something and you don’t do it that’s trustworthiness.”

“I’ve coined new words like ‘misunderstanding’ and ‘hispanically.”

“There is book smart and the kind of smart that helps do calculus. But smart is also instinct and judgement and common sense. Smart comes in all kinds of ways.”

“It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.”

“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.” (He believes what he believes is right, remember?)

“They misunderestimated me.”

“I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can’t answer your question.”

“I know how hard it is to put food on your family.”

“It’s clearly a budget. It’s got a lot of numbers in it.”

“I’m sure you can imagine it’s an unimaginable honor to live here.”

And to top it all off: “There’s no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting NEARLY DIRECTLY overhead.”

– words of your dear president, George W.