Mac Davis quotes

There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories. (Mac Davis)
I was out on the golf course, a guy came riding out in a golf cart and said, Did you know that Elvis died? And I just said, Well, there you go. It was like I had kinda been expecting it. View quote
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If it was just me and Elvis one on one, which only happened once or twice in the times that I did see him, it was a really comfortable. He was a cool guy. Easy laugh, nice guy. View quote
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One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written. View quote
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Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you that they weren't influenced in some way or another by Elvis Presley. He turned the world around. View quote
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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. View quote
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First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas. He was on the back end of a truck. There was about 1500 screaming kids. View quote
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I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times. View quote
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Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways. View quote
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I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood. View quote
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In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years. (Mac Davis)
Don't Cry Daddy is a pretty sad song. He got to the end of it and it was just real quiet and Elvis says, I'm gonna cut that someday for my daddy. And, by God, he did. He lived up to his word. View quote
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It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record. View quote
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I had Elvis' number in my book and I never called it. View quote
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I had always wanted to write a song called, The Vicious Circle. I always thought it was like, the kids are born there, they grow up there, they die there. View quote
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Mac Davis

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: January 21, 1942
Died: September 29, 2020
Quotes count: 15