"I think one reason I'm drawn to expansive syntax is that arias are so often exercises in extending language as a means of intensifying feeling."

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Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability. His specialty is rhythm songs which he renders in an undistinguished whine; his phrasing, if it can be called that, consists of the stereotyped variations that go with a beginner's aria in a bathroom. For the ear, he is an unutterable bore.

— Jack Gould