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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."

Mac Davis, American Musician

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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."

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"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."

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