Bassman on Elvis Presley

“Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them.”

“When Elvis' daddy had a heart attack, Elvis wanted him to have a private room. That was not the problem, but before getting there, rules made it impossible for him to have a private intensive care room, despite the unit was totally empty. So Elvis spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and booked the entire intensive care unit...”