Before Elvis there was nothing. - John Lennon
I'm sort of getting tired of being Elvis Presley. - Elvis Presley
This photo, perhaps more than any other, embodies the meaning conveyed in my current series. It highlights the unity of the extraordinary and the ordinary. Elvis’s fan mail represents the role that each individual plays in forming the cultural zeitgeist. It seems fitting, then, to include here fans’ thoughts on Elvis.
Always an Elvis fan...I truly was more impacted by his death than that of my own father. I have been to Graceland 6 times and each trip is better than the last. I picked up a couple pieces of gravel from around Meditation Garden and carry them anytime things are likely to be stressful. My "Elvis Rocks" have helped me through many a tough situation in my lifetime. I loved Elvis.
- Curt Robinette, age 62
I can't remember the first time I saw or heard Elvis. For me, he was always there.
Elvis' death did something to me inside. I felt, even at that young age, that I had lost the love of my life. He has been gone for 30 years now, and I love him just as much today as I did back then, maybe even more. I was in love with Elvis then, I am in love with Elvis now, and I will always be in love with love Elvis.
- Ann, 43
LOVE ELVIS... AM GREAT FAN OF ELVIS..He was a kind, gentle, caring, loving, generous, gifted man who will be loved and remembered for ever. God Bless.
- Ajay, 27
I born with Elvis PRESLEY music, I grow up with Elvis PERSLEY music, I sing Elvis PRESLEY music for long time (nearly 25 years) and I will died with ELVIS PRESLEY music, but his music will NEVER DIED
- Mario, 55
MY DARLING ELVIS WE KNOW YOU PASSED OVER, WE MISS YOU SO MUCH AND NO ONE CAN EVERY REPLACE THE JOY YOU BROUGHT TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. I WISH THAT I COULD TAKE YOUR HAND AND LEAD YOU BACK TO THE STAGE WHERE YOU BELONG.
YOU ARE LOVED BY SO MANY PEOPLE AND THAT LOVE WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
THANK YOU FOR JUST BEING YOU AND GIVING US SO MUCH. WE LOVE YOU ELVIS AND ALWAYS WILL.
- TERESA AND ROB EDWARDS (READING IN BERKSHIRE, UK), 46
I'm only nine years old but I know pretty much everything about Elvis Aaron Presley. When I grow up I'm gonna be an Elvis impersanator. I mainly like the 1956 Elvis. I wish I could just slip on my blue suede shoes and rock back to that one year when a Mississippi truck driver became famous from his love of singing. I geuss I first became an Elvis Presley fan one day while I was looking on my dads Ipod I saw the name Elvis. At that time I just thought he was some fat guy who died on his toilet seat. But once I listened to the songs I liked it so much that now i'm running the local fan club. Some people just think he was a fat piece of white trash but he was more than that. He touched the hearts of millions of souls. He was a man. A very special man.
- Nathan, 9
