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I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.

From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them.

I was an Elvis freak. That's all I listened to growing up.

I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there was no receptionist. So the DJ opened up his booth, and took my tape and listened to it and thought it was a hit song.

Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain.

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.

My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.

The first record I ever listened to was Elvis Presley, and I remember thinking, 'Man this guy is cool!' The swagger he had really helped my confidence, because he really made me think that a white boy could make music like this.

And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized.

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.