“The big thing that I wanted to do was touch on the very start of rock and roll, I loved this moment in rockabilly music. I loved the idea of people making music because they loved music and not because they saw the video or how to market themselves. A very big point for me in this movie is that John didn't arrive at Sun as the man in black. He didn't already know his marketing angle. He didn't have it worked out. He was just trying to be heard and however that would work or not work was fine, but he just needed to be heard. What was magic to me about that moment in time was that it was a moment before the term 'rock and roll star' existed.”
James Mangold
“The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.”
Abbie Hoffman
“Elvis may have been the king of rock'n'roll, but I am the queen.”
Little Richard Penniman
“I'm dealing in rock'n'roll. I'm, like, I'm not a bona fide human being.”
Phil Spector
“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.”
Judy Garland
“If i were a rock and you would throw me away, i'd come back so you could do it over and over again.”
SimuĊ£ Liviu Cristian
“I don't know when was the last time you heard these words or if you even have heard them before, but I want you to know that you are a shining star, and that you being present here brings joy and happiness to many. And even though some might say it and some might not, I want you to keep on shining till that light sparkles around those you loved...”
Philip T. M.
