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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
221 “Son, I wish”: Barbara Hearn quoting Vernon Presley to author, 2009.
222 “every decorator in town”: George Golden, quoted in “The King and I: If Graceland Is Rotten to Decor, Don’t Blame it on Elvis’ Former Decorator George Golden,” Phoenix New Times, July 28, 1993.
222 “all over poor Gladys”: Ibid.
222 “the most beautiful house”: Ibid.
222 “Mr. Golden”: Barbara Hearn to author, 2009.
223 “would get jealous”: Barbara Hearn, quoted in Essential Elvis magazine, no. 63, 2009.
223 “There wasn’t”: Barbara Hearn to author, 2009.
223 “I know it’s your mother and father”: Debra Paget quoting Elvis Presley in Finstad, Suzanne, Child Bride.
223 “I wish you could pray”: Lillian Smith Fortenberry, raw interview transcript, Mississippi Room Collection, Lee County Library (MRC), probably from the papers of Elaine Dundy.
223 “kind of overwhelmed”: Iris Sermon Leftwich to Peter O. Whitmer, raw interview transcript.
224 “the girls from the show”: All quotes from Tura Satana in this chapter come from an interview with the author, 2009.
226 “He called me about three one morning”: Tempest Storm, quoted in Elvis World magazine, no. 8.
227 “Many times there have been”: The telegram from Elvis Presley to Private Hershel Nixon, March 25, 1957, is reproduced in Guralnick, Peter, and Jorgensen, Ernst, Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music. It reads in part: “I got a lucky break in life, and I am very thankful for it, but there are a few people who want to take shots at me. . . . I have talked my way out of trouble so many times that I couldn’t even count them. . . . I’m just like you. If a guy can do something to protect himself, he should do it. . . . I’m sorry the whole thing came up.”
227 “Honey, I miss you so much”: Excerpt from Yvonne Lime’s diary, originally published in Modern Screen magazine, August 1957. Serialized in Elvis World magazine, nos. 76, 77. All Yvonne Lime quotes come from this source.
228 “Elvis came out with a rash”: Sam Phillips to Debra Evans Price, raw interview transcript, 1998.
229 “He said, ‘Pastor’ ”: Reverend James Hamill, quoting Elvis Presley to author, 1977.
229 “The change had set him”: Kay Wheeler to author, 2009.
229 “They spent almost”: Gloria Pall, quoted in Elvis World magazine, no. 59, in an excerpt of her book, I Danced Before the King.
230 “He watched me”: Gloria Pall, quoted in Elvis International Forum magazine, Fall 1999.
230 “What are you doing here”: Ibid.
230 “I’d love to”: Ibid.
231 “Your wife sure is a sweet one, Byron”: Byron Raphael quoting Elvis Presley to author, 2005. All Byron Raphael quotes in this section come from this interview.
232 “One day I just put an LP on”: Lamar Fike to author, 1992.
232 “By now I knew”: Ibid.
233 “She loved sex”: Bill Lecornec quoted in Davis, Stephen, Say Kids! What Time Is It?: Notes from the Peanut Gallery.
233 “I would go out”: Bob Nicholson quoted in Davis, Stephen, Say Kids! What Time Is It?: Notes from the Peanut Gallery.
233 “It really, really upset him”: Lamar Fike to author, 1992.
233 “Nothing has hurt me”: Elvis Presley to the Associated Press, quoted in Davis, Stephen. Say Kids! What Time Is It?: Notes from the Peanut Gallery.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
235 “ballistic”: “Interview with Anita Wood,” on the Web site Elvis Australia, November 25, 2006.
236 “He was effervescent”: Anita Wood, quoted in Elvis World magazine, no. 58.
236 “I said, ‘Sure,’ ”: “Interview with Anita Wood,” on the Web site Elvis Australia, November 25, 2006.
236 “Come up”: Ibid.
237 “his hands moved”: Anita Wood, quoted in Elvis World magazine, no. 58.
237 “I just ate that up”: “Interview with Anita Wood,” on the Web site Elvis Australia, November 25, 2006.
237 “Little”: “Anita Wood Interview,” the Web site Elvis Presley News.
237 “He always invited”: “Interview with Anita Wood,” on the web site Elvis Australia, November 25, 2006.
238 “Lamar, look at her”: Ibid.
238 “the things that went on in California”: “Interview with Anita Wood,” on the Web site Elvis Australia, November 25, 2006.
239 “Hey, y’all”: