Elvis by me
Change Of Habit
Elvis Presley
If you're in old habits
Set in your old ways
Changes are a-comin'
For these are changing days
And if your head is in the sand
While things are goin' on
What you need, what you need,
What you need is a change of habit
Now if you're in the habit
To let your temper fly
When you talk with people
Who don't see eye to eye
And if you don't believe it
There's a newer world ahead
What you need, what you need,
What you need is a change of habit
A change of habit, a change of outlook
A change of heart, you'll be all right
The halls of darkness
Have doors that open
It's never too late
To see the light
So if you're in the habit
Of putting people down
Just because they're different
From the wrong side of town
Well, don't count on any medals son
They're pinning none on you
What you need, what you need,
What you need is a change of habit
If you're in old habits
Set in your old ways
Changes are a-comin'
For these are changing days
And if your head is in the sand
While things are goin' on
What you need, what you need,
What you need is a change of habit
Now if you're in the habit
To let your temper fly
When you talk with people
Who don't see eye to eye
And if you don't believe it
There's a newer world ahead
What you need, what you need,
What you need is a change of habit
A change of habit, a change of outlook
A change of heart, you'll be all right
The halls of darkness
Have doors that open
It's never too late
To see the light
So if you're in the habit
Of putting people down
Just because they're different
From the wrong side of town
Well, don't count on any medals son
They're pinning none on you
What you need, what you need,
What you need is a change of habit
Below are a few classic Elvis Presley quotes that capture the spirit and humor of the legendary star
"Why buy a cow when you can get milk through the fence?"
when asked if he would marry, "Teeners' Hero," Time, May 14, 1956
"The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. They played it like that in the shanties and juke joints and nobody paid it no mind 'til I goose it up. I got it from them. Down in Tupelo, Mississippi, I used to hear old Arthur Crudup bang his box the way I do now, and I said if I ever got to the place I could feel all old Arthur felt, I'd be a music man like nobody ever saw."
Charlotte Observer, June 26, 1956
"I lose myself in my singing. Maybe it's my early training singing gospel hymns. I'm limp as a rag, worn out when a show's over."
Tacoma New Tribune, September 2, 1957
"My fans want my shirt. They can have my shirt. They put it on my back."
"A Predicament Called Presley," Illustrated, September 7, 1957
"She was the most wonderful mother anyone could ever have. She was always so kind and good."
"Services To Be Held Today for Elvis Presley's Mother," Memphis Press-Scimitar, August 15, 1958
"Is it another of those highness deals?"
upon preparing to meet a group of Scandanavian princesses, Life, May 1960
"I don't regard money or position as important. But I can never forget the longing to be someone. I guess if you are poor, you always think bigger and want more than those who have everything when they are born."
"Forever Elvis," Time, May 7, 1965
"... the trouble is, when a fellow is by himself and starts thinking, the sad things are always stronger in his memory than the happy things."
"Elvis," Tropic, April 28, 1968
"I get tired of playing a guy who gets into a fight, then starts singing to the guy he's just beat up."
commenting on his movie career, "Return of the Kinf," Newsweek, August 11, 1969
"I learned very early in life that, `without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend -- without a song.' So I keep singing a song...."
accepting the Jaycees' Outstanding Young Man of America Award, 1971
"My daddy knew a lot of guitar players, and most of them didn't work, so he said, `You should make your mind up to either be a guitar player or an electrician, but I never saw a guitar player that was worth a damn."'
from the documentary Elvis on Tour, 1972
Q: "Elvis, are you satisfied with your image?"
Elvis: "Well, sir, it's very hard to live up to an image."
press conference prior to Madison Square Garden concert, June 9, 1972
"Since I was two years old, all I knew was gospel music. That music became such a part of my life it was as natural as dancing. A way to escape from the problems. And my way of release."
reprinted in Elvis in His 0wn Words, 1977
"[Clothes] say things about you that you can't, sometimes."
reprinted in The World According to Elvis, 1992
"Don't criticize what you don't understand, son, you never walked in that man's shoes."
reprinted in The World According to Elvis, 1992
Elvis continua faturando
Não há números fechados sobre as receitas totais da EPE (Elvis Presley Enterprise), mas o mercado estima algo em torno dos US$ 300 milhões anuais contando licenciamento, direitos autorais, participação em produções para TV e as receitas com um restaurante e o hotel Heartbreak, localizados no centro de Memphis.
A família de Elvis Presley fatura cerca de US$ 40 milhões por ano. Já a indústria turística de Memphis comemora a entrada anual de cerca de US$ 150 milhões nos cofres da cidade, graças ao mito.
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