Of course we all know who the King of Rock n' Roll is...It is none other than Elvis Presley. He is the one who shaped what todays rock, hard rock, metal and other types of music came to be. Born on January 8th, 1935 died at the age of 42 on August 16th, 1977. The reasons...an overdose on his sleeping pills. For his life time he was definetly the most popular musician of his time. Though he stopped music for 10 or so years to make movies, he came back on. After his death, he became more popular then what he was alive. He sold millions of albums, and won music oscars. Today, from August 10th through the 16th there is an Elvis Week in Memphis, Tennessee, outside of Graceland (Elvis' mansion). Where still to this day, despite his death was almost 34 years ago, hundreds of thousands of fans gather for 6 days to appreciate his memory.
Now onto the quote...Elvis said "Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine." What I think he meant by this is ambition is something that people love to do. So work for it. Work for your dreams. Because, without ambition what are you in life? Maybe, someone that sits on the couch watching TV and eating potato chips nearly everyday.
I personally like this quote, because first, it taught me what the word ambition meant. And being a fan of Elvis myself...makes me look up to him more as being a fun warm-hearted guy. I would consider for anyone to take this quote into consideration, or more likely any of Elvis' quotes. Because he was a smart man that had seen lots of things. Though he died before his time, he still managed to touch the lives of everyone he met, even if they did not realize it at the time.
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