The real story is that the fans are tied to Elvis by the same loyalty that he showed to them, ... He did show an extraordinary sense of identification with the fans. He had an almost mystical belief that all of his strength -- and his very legitimacy -- came from his fans. Peter Guralnick
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![When he went pop, he consciously bleached out the sound with 'You Send Me' [and others]. It was not accidental. - Peter Guralnick Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=V2hlbiBoZSB3ZW50IHBvcCwgaGUgY29uc2Npb3VzbHkgYmxlYWNoZWQgb3V0IHRoZSBzb3VuZCB3aXRoICdZb3UgU2VuZCBNZScgW2FuZCBvdGhlcnNdLiBJdCB3YXMgbm90IGFjY2lkZW50YWwuIA==&author=ICBQZXRlciBHdXJhbG5pY2sgICAg&num=13 "When he went pop, he consciously bleached out the sound with 'You Send Me' [and others]. It was not accidental. - Peter Guralnick Quotes")
![[The song, based on an old gospel song, was] the fusion of all the elements that till then had simply failed to coalesce, ... It was the uninhibited, altogether abandoned sound of the church; it was the keening, ecstatic voicings by which the world has come to know Ray Charles best. - Peter Guralnick Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1RoZSBzb25nLCBiYXNlZCBvbiBhbiBvbGQgZ29zcGVsIHNvbmcsIHdhc10gdGhlIGZ1c2lvbiBvZiBhbGwgdGhlIGVsZW1lbnRzIHRoYXQgdGlsbCB0aGVuIGhhZCBzaW1wbHkgZmFpbGVkIHRvIGNvYWxlc2NlLCAuLi4gSXQgd2FzIHRoZSB1bmluaGliaXRlZCwgYWx0b2dldGhlciBhYmFuZG9uZWQgc291bmQgb2YgdGhlIGNodXJjaDsgaXQgd2FzIHRoZSBrZWVuaW5nLCBlY3N0YXRpYyB2b2ljaW5ncyBieSB3aGljaCB0aGUgd29ybGQgaGFzIGNvbWUgdG8ga25vdyBSYXkgQ2hhcmxlcyBiZXN0LiA=&author=ICBQZXRlciBHdXJhbG5pY2sgICAg&num=11 "[The song, based on an old gospel song, was] the fusion of all the elements that till then had simply failed to coalesce, ... It was the uninhibited, altogether abandoned sound of the church; it was the keening, ecstatic voicings by which the world has come to know Ray Charles best. - Peter Guralnick Quotes")
