キリスト教信仰を巡るエルビス・プレスリーの言葉

信仰的にはそれほど熱心ではなかったと言われるプレスリーですが，子供のころから所属していたのは，G. W. Bush大統領と同じBorn Again Churchだそうです．プレスリーは，テネシー州生まれなので地元の教会と言えます．以下，beliefnetに紹介されているプレスリーの言葉です．また，"The Seeker King: A Spiritual Biography of Elvis Presley"という本も出版されています．

• "I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God...I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world."
• "Music is like religion--when you experience them both it should move you."
• "There's only one king...and that's Jesus Christ."
• "We do two shows a night for five weeks. A lotta times we’ll go upstairs and sing until daylight--gospel songs. We grew up with it...It more or less puts your mind at ease. It does mine."
• "I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to."
• "The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year."
• "Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me."
• "The world is more alive at night…it's like God ain't looking."
• "Gospel music is the purest thing there is on this earth."
• "Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me."

1957年のクリスマスに伯父さんからプレゼントされたという聖書．