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I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little.

I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.

I was an original Elvis fan. He was the voice of my generation. I was listening to him on the radio when he released his great Sun records with Scotty Moore on electric guitar and Bill Black on bass.

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

I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people's success, especially if he had something to do with it.

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

As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis.

Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.

Elvis was a great guy. We'd just horse around together or go to see a movie. He drove me around Graceland in a golf cart. He was a fan of our music and was curious about how I sounded so black.

Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing.