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Mac Davis Quotes
American
-
Musician
January 21, 1942
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
Memories
Me
Morning
Song
Elvis
Hits
Leather
Next Morning
Outfit
Sang
Sat
Section
Black
Chance
Eight
Had
His
Next
Old
Where
Write
Written
One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.
Mac Davis
Song
Goals
Real
Someone
Whistling
Hear
Written
It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record.
Mac Davis
Me
Amazing
First
Pretty
Elvis
Elvis Presley
Hit Record
Hit
Record
In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.
Mac Davis
Ghetto
Trying
Been
Write
Years
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.
Mac Davis
Cool
Me
Laugh
Only
Cool Guy
Elvis
Nice Guy
Twice
Comfortable
Did
Easy
Guy
Happened
He
Him
Just
Nice
Once
One-On-One
Really
See
Times
Which
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.
Mac Davis
Success
Me
People
Happy
Elvis
Enjoyed
Guy
Had
He
I Think
Kind
Other
Something
Sure
Think
I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood.
Mac Davis
Company
Hollywood
Publishing
Worked
Publishing Company
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.
Mac Davis
You
Go
Riding
Know
Cart
Elvis
Expecting
Golf Cart
Golf Course
Kinda
Been
Came
Course
Did
Died
Golf
Guy
Had
Just
Like
Out
Said
Well
I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away.
Mac Davis
Me
Time
Painting
Old
Colonel
Elvis
Hilton
Away
Back
Been
First
First Time
Gave
Had
Passed
Since
Still
I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat.
Mac Davis
Song
Gang
Like
Movies
Colonel
Elvis
Having Fun
Memphis
Parker
Recording
Seat
Boy
Fun
Having
Here
His
Just
Met
Over
Sitting
Some
Theater
Written
I had Elvis' number in my book and I never called it.
Mac Davis
Never
Book
Had
Number
Elvis
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.
Mac Davis
Song
Die
Grow
Always
Circle
Vicious
Born
Grow Up
Had
Kids
Like
Thought
Up
Wanted
Write
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.
Mac Davis
You
Communication
People
Go
Elvis
Hanging
Uncomfortable
Every
Felt
Get
Had
Lot
Through
Times
Very
Word
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.
Mac Davis
Time
End
Truck
Back
County
Elvis
Screaming
Texas
About
First
First Time
He
Kids
Saw
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.
Mac Davis
You
World
Way
Rock
Elvis
Elvis Presley
Influenced
Lying
Performed
Performer
Rock And Roll
Another
Around
Close
Even
Ever
Every
He
Roll
Some
Tell
Turned
Were
Who
Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways.
Mac Davis
Past
Never
Think
Like
Elvis
Big
Got
He
Just
Kid
Old
Ways
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.
Mac Davis
Sad
God
Song
End
Cry
Daddy
Elvis
Someday
Cut
Did
Gonna
Got
He
His
Just
Lived
Pretty
Quiet
Real
Says
Up
Word
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