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Here are some comments about Elvis by various people: [ Gilbert Rodman ] [ Linda Thompson ] [ Deborah Walley ] |
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Elvis after Elvis: the posthumous career of a living legend Routledge, London, 1996, p 172. |
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Anne Helm
Elvis Presley in Ireland September 29th 2001 |
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... [Elvis] was indeed a very special human being who effected [sic] many souls upon this planet. I was so fortunate to have worked and gotten to know him in, "Follow That Dream". Elvis too, brought many gifts to my future I was never able to forsee. In many ways he was like an earth angel to so many souls. ... |
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Elvis Presley in Ireland September 29th 2001 ... Sister Dolores [Hart] was the subject of a recent, ABCTV 20/20 Documentary. She is not in the best of health these days and looked quite frail. Speaking of Elvis back in their movie days Dolores said, "Elvis was an innocent". |
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Linda Thompson
Interview from "Essential Elvis" Magazine Edited by Andrew Hearn Full text available on Elvis World - Japan |
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Linda Thompson:
... You know, Elvis had a real childlike spirit and I have too. I like to do childlike things and to sometimes get down to a child's level. ... Interviewer: Have you ever met anyone with as much charisma as Elvis? Thompson: ... I don't ever expect to meet anyone again in my life with that absolute magic. Elvis was one of a kind. ... ... Everyone has a personal magic. We're all like snowflakes, unique in our creation. We're so much alike and we're all just drifting through life but we all have our own character, our own shape. Elvis was just unique, incredibly sensual and tender. He was funny and he was good. He was an extreme in every aspect of his life. ... Interviewer: That bullet story is in the film, Elvis and the Beauty Queen. What did you think of the movie? Thompson: ... You know, it was a little frustrating because it's impossible to encapsulate in two hours what happened in a five-year relationship of the intensity of my relationship with Elvis. It's difficult to be totally objective about it because it was so close to everything that happened. I felt that they chose something to expound upon like the drug usage and such problems more than his sensitivity, his generosity, his playfulness and his talent. You know, these are the things that I talked in length about. I spoke far more in detail about the acts of generosity and his spirituality and his kindness. Of course there was the drug abuse and the self-destructiveness, but this is what they expounded upon. ... |
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Television interview Interviewer: How did you first meet Elvis? Walley: Well, Elvis and I did a film together in 1966 called "Spinout" and we became very close friends during that shooting. Interviewer: What was your relationship with him, with Elvis? Walley: Well, Elvis and I had a platonic relationship, but a very close, very loving relationship, a very spiritual relationship, and I have to say that really my life was totally turned around after this encounter with him over a period of time. Interviewer: Why? Walley: It totally changed me, because Elvis introduced me to, well, everything that he was into at the time, spiritually speaking. He introduced me - changed my perspective on things by introducing me to many different religions and to metaphysics. He took me to the Self Realisation Center, bought me every book that Yogananda ever wrote, and every book ... he gave me the teachings of the masters of the far east, and every book you can think of that was out on the time, and you know, shared with me his feelings. It was almost like an energy exchange, you know, I mean he just filled me with information over a period of time. Interviewer: Have you had any experiences with Elvis since his death? Walley: Yes. Elvis told me probably about 10 years before he died that he was going to leave soon. That's exactly the way he put it. And he said, "But remember I'll always be with you". Then he kind of laughed and said "I'll probably die on your birthday, so that you'll always remember that". Well my birthday's August 12th. Pretty close. |
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Television interview - excerpt ... Ann Margret has refused to talk about her off-screen relationship with Elvis, and even now with the publication of her autobiography, there are still secrets she will not tell. Watch her, watch her face carefully as she talks about her memories of the King, the man she calls EP. Ann Margret: Well, the first meeting with EP was in a room with a lot of people, a pianist, we went over some of the songs that we were going to do. Interviewer: This is what you write in the book. "We were quiet, polite and careful, but I knew what was going to happen once we got to know each other. Others did too. We both felt a current, an electricity that went straight through us. It would be a force we couldn't control." Did you feel that right away? Ann Margret: Right, right. Interviewer: You sound as if you were soulmates? Ann Margret: We were very much alike. Interviewer: How close were you two? Ann Margret: We remained friends for about 14 years. I mentioned him in the book because it was 14 years of my life and so many things that have been said and written about him have been so negative. I wanted to tell the people the man that I knew for 14 years - funny, generous, giving, kind, loving, gifted, so talented, and I want it to be an uplifting thing, because in no way would I ever disrespect his memory. OK? Interviewer: Did you love him? Ann Margret: Let's go on. |
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