Baby, Let's Play House_ Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him - Alanna Nash [382]
289 “Vera was a strange girl”: Elvis World magazine, no. 69.
289 “Red and I”: Elvis World magazine, no. 69.
290 “Elvis was after her, all right”: Lamar Fike to author, 1994.
290 “the answer to a question”: Dave Marsh, quoted in Fortas, Alan, and Nash, Alanna, Elvis: From Memphis to Hollywood, London: Aurum Press, 2008.
291 “Sure, I’ve got a new girlfriend”: Elvis Presley, quoted in Schroer, Andreas, Private Presley.
291 “Foghorn”: Elisabeth Mansfield, quoting Elvis Presley in Mansfield, Rex, and Mansfield, Elisabeth, with Terrill, Marshall, and Terrill, Zoe, Sergeant Presley: Our Untold Story of Elvis’ Missing Years.
292 “I have hated Dee ever since then”: Anita Wood quoting Elvis Presley, “Interview with Anita Wood,” on the Web site Elvis Australia, November 25, 2006.
292 “When they started banging”: Lamar Fike, in Nash, Alanna, with Smith, Billy, Lacker, Marty, and Fike, Lamar, Elvis Aaron Presley: Revelations from the Memphis Mafia.
292 “Chinese coolie”: Rex Mansfield, quoting Red West in Mansfield, Rex, and Mansfield, Elisabeth, with Terrill, Marshall, and Terrill, Zoe, Sergeant Presley: Our Untold Story of Elvis’ Missing Years.
293 “going in and out”: Schroer, Andreas, Private Presley.
294 “glittering clouds of sequins”: “Margaret Kelly, 94, Founder of the Bluebell Girls, Is Dead,” by Margalit Fox, New York Times, July 26, 2005.
294 “without batting an eyelash”: Rex Mansfield, quoted in Elvis World magazine, no. 67.
294 “We went through”: Lamar Fike, in Nash, Alanna, with Smith, Billy, Lacker, Marty, and Fike, Lamar, Elvis Aaron Presley: Revelations from the Memphis Mafia.
294 “But you don’t understand, monsieur!”: Rex Mansfield, quoted in Elvis World magazine, no. 67.
295 “Nevertheless, Elvis felt snubbed”: Rex Mansfield in Mansfield, Rex, and Mansfield, Elisabeth, with Terrill, Marshall, and Terrill, Zoe, Sergeant Presley: Our Untold Story of Elvis’ Missing Years.
295 “His hobby”: Ingrid Sauer, quoted in Schroer, Andreas, Private Presley.
295 “In Germany”: Lamar Fike to author, 1994.
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297 “I knew this would be difficult”: Paul Beaulieu, quoted in Elvis by the Presleys: Ritz, David, editor.
297 “I was crushed”: Priscilla Presley, quoted in Elvis by the Presleys: Ritz, David, editor.
297 “didn’t want to be part of the Elvis mania”: Ibid.
298 “One afternoon”: Priscilla Presley, quoted in Elvis by the Presleys: Ritz, David, editor.
298 “I’m going over there”: Presley, Priscilla, with Harmon, Sandra, Elvis and Me.
299 “Hi, . . . I understand you know Elvis”: Priscilla Presley to Currie Grant, as quoted in Finstad, Suzanne, Child Bride.
299 “just in overdrive”: Currie Grant, quoted in Finstad, Suzanne, Child Bride.
299 “Currie was taking pictures of her”: Lamar Fike to author, 2004.
300 “If you could have seen his face!”: Currie Grant, quoted in Finstad, Suzanne, Child Bride.
300 “I told Elvis”: Lamar Fike to author, 1994.
300 “She’s young enough”: Rex Mansfield quoting Elvis Presley in Mansfield, Rex, and Mansfield, Elisabeth, with Terrill, Marshall, and Terrill, Zoe, Sergeant Presley: Our Untold Story of Elvis’ Missing Years.
301 “What are you”: Presley, Priscilla, with Harmon, Sandra, Elvis and Me.
301 “You”: Priscilla Presley, quoted in Elvis by the Presleys: Ritz, David, editor.
302 “I felt like Cinderella”: Presley, Priscilla, with Harmon, Sandra, Elvis and Me.
302 “She reminded me of a painting”: Elisabeth Mansfield, quoting Elvis Presley in Mansfield, Rex, and Mansfield, Elisabeth, with Terrill, Marshall, and Terrill, Zoe, Sergeant Presley: Our Untold Story of Elvis’ Missing Years.
302 “He had Priscilla backed up against the wall”: Currie Grant, quoted in Finstad, Suzanne. Child Bride.
303 “been looking for”: Rex Mansfield, quoted in Finstad, Suzanne, Child Bride.
303 “He looked at me”: “Interview with Charlie Hodge,” on the Web site Elvis Australia, April 9, 2005.
303 “she was so beautiful”: Joe Esposito to author, 2009.
303 “It’s amazing to me”: Peter O. Whitmer to author, 2009.
303 “There was definitely a pull