Quote

I saw Elvis live in '54. It was at the Big D Jamboree in Dallas and the first thing, he came out and spit on the stage...it affected me exactly the same way as when I first saw that David Lynch film. There was just no reference point in the culture to compare it to.

Roy Orbison

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Roy Orbison
Age: 52 †
Born: 1936
Born: April 23
Died: 1988
Died: December 6
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Vernon
Texas
Roy Kelton Orbison
The Big O
Lefty Wilbury
Roy K. Orbison
Firsts
Saws
Dallas
First
Stage
Elvis
Thing
Came
Spit
Way
Point
Reference
Bigs
David
Culture
Affected
Film
Compare
Live
Exactly
Lynch

More quotes by Roy Orbison

Image
Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.
Roy Orbison
Image
People often ask me how would I like to be remembered and I answer that I would simply like to be remembered.
Roy Orbison
Image
Love hurts, love scars, love wounds, and mars.
Roy Orbison
Image
As you stopped to say hello, oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell that I'd been crying over you.
Roy Orbison
Image
Love ranges from just fascination to something almost spiritual. In the case with my wife Barbara it just keeps growing all the time.
Roy Orbison
Image
ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in Memphis, and it was very nice. He sort of treated me like an equal, because we were both fresh in the business. We got to be great friends and kindred souls.
Roy Orbison
Image
Before you go to sleep, do not forget to say thanks for everything good that has happened to you in the last 24 hours.
Roy Orbison
Image
Whether I'm in London, Sydney or Hong Kong, it makes no difference. There is always someone who knows me. I must be one of the most unloneliest people in the world!
Roy Orbison
Image
Without the word dream, or the concept dream, and without the word blue and the emotions, I would have been really limited in the things I've written and performed.
Roy Orbison
Image
A candy coloured clown they call the sandman Tiptoes into my room every night Just to sprinkle stardust and whisper Go to sleep, everything is alright
Roy Orbison