There were the phone calls and Elvis had asked me to visit him in Los Angeles. This was in 1962.
From Priscilla Presley
Absolutely. I - you know, he was so that much a part of my life that, you know, Elvis, you know, once - once you bonded with him, I mean, there was no - there was no going back. He was just a great guy.
It was more that his career was going down again and he was tired of the songs. He was tired of the routine. And there was a point where he just kind of gave up. He couldn't face being 40. And he resorted to stimulants. There's a dark side there, a really dark side.
He would use amphetamines to stay awake because he would have late night maneuvers that would go way into the early morning hours and he was given pills to stay up for the long hours.
I like the creative aspect of developing a project.
I lived somebody else's life. It was never about me, it was really about him on every level.
I lived a really wonderful life with this man and even after our divorce, it was incredible.
No one has really heard my side of the story, the adventure we had together, the transformation that I had going from a schoolgirl to a woman overnight.
You have to remember that when I met Elvis, you know, it wasn't the fanfare that it is today or even when he was here in the states and I was in Germany growing up.
Yes, the divorce was difficult. It was difficult.
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