Normally, You Go Into The Recording Studio,

Elvis Is Not So Difficult As Johnny Cash Because His Voice Is So Distinctive. If You Try To Copy Johnny Cash, It's Just Going To Sound Dumb.

Since The Big Band Started I'm Just Always Swamped With Movies And Things. It Certainly Pays The Bills And It's Very Satisfying, Because I Get To Write All These Big Charts And All This Crazy Music.

I Basically Sat Down For A Month, With All The Sun Stuff I Could Find And Just Picked Out My Favorites. I Didn't Think That They Were Indicative Of '54 To '57, Although I Tried To Stay Within That Period.

It Is Hard To Play Blue Suede Shoes. I Know Everyone Has Heard It 10 Million Times, And That Makes It Even Harder To Play It, But There's A Very Laid Back Tempo On That. I Was Surprised At How Slow It Really Was.

... So Much Of What We Do Now Started In 1954 At Sun Records In Memphis Tennessee ... Those Guys Were Inventing That Stuff (rock & Roll) ... You Can Really Tell On Some Tracks ... They Were Actually Afraid At Times Of What They Were Playing. But Rock & Roll Definitely Didn't Come Before That Time; It Started Right There