Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going. (Jackie DeShannon)
I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion. (Jackie DeShannon)
I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am. (Jackie DeShannon)
I was lucky enough to first meet Elvis at his house in Bel Air and he used to invite different artists, singers and musicians, to come and jam with him at his house. (Jackie DeShannon)
I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it. (Jackie DeShannon)
There was a lot of great writing couples, but I try to do it all myself. And it was practically impossible, but I still managed to be ahead of my time. (Jackie DeShannon)
Every day I'm doing things, it's surprising to me, because this is about what following your passion does - it moves you, you don't move it. (Jackie DeShannon)
I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me. (Jackie DeShannon)
I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film. (Jackie DeShannon)
And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized. (Jackie DeShannon)
The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure. (Jackie DeShannon)
There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts. (Jackie DeShannon)
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