this lady, he is wore her skirts all short, and showed her legs, and she wore high heeled shoes, red nails, red lipstick and piled her peroxided hair on her head and i thought she was absolutely beautiful. so that was just kind of the look. i did. and that's what i said. everybody said she is just trash, and i always tell the story, and i thought when i was little that that was what i was going to grow up to be, trash. and that's how you and me both look! >> you know, the wonderful song that you wrote "i will always love you" that whitney houston has recorded and was a big hit for her, i understand that you -- i understand elvis wanted to record that. you said no to elvis. why? >> well, i didn't say no to elvis. i loved elvis presley, and he loved my song, and he had intended to sing it. he had been working it up, and i had been invited to the session, because felton jarvis, a good friend of mine, and he was also a great producer in nashville at the time. so elvis loved it and had planned to do it, and it was only like the day of or the day before that colonel tom parker, who is a brillian

she wore her clothes, you know, her skirts all short and showed her legs and wore high heel shoes, red nailsd lipstick and piled her peroxide hair on top of her head. i thought she was absolutely beautiful. i did. everybody said she's just trash. i always told the story, i thought when i was little i thought i was going to grow up to be trash. that's how you and me both look. >> you know, the wonderful song that you wrote "i will always love you" that whitney houston has recorded and was a big hit for her, i understand that you -- i understand that elvis wanted to record that. i mean, you said no to elvis. why? >> well, i didn't say no to elvis. i loved elvis presley. he loved my song and had intended to sing it. he had been working it up. i had been invited to the session because felton jarvis, a guy that was a friend of mine and he was a great producer in nashville at the time. elvis loved it and had planned to do it and it was the day of or the day before that colonel tom parker, a brilliant man, i don't blame him for doing it. he called and said, you know, we don't record any songs that

she wore her clothes, you know, her skirts all short and showed her legs and wore high heel shoes, red nails, red lipstick and piled her per rocksided hair on top of her head. everybody said she's just trash. i always told the story, i thought when i was little i thought i was going to grow up to be trash. that's how you and me both look. >> you know, the wonderful song that you wrote "i will always love you" that whitney houston has recorded and was a big hit for her, i understand that you -- i understand that elvis wanted to record that. i mean, you said no to elvis. why? >> well, i didn't say no to elvis. i loved elvis presley. he loved my song and had intended to sing it. he had been working it up. i had been invited to the session because felton jarvis, a guy that was a friend of mine and he was a great producer in nashville at the time. elvis loved it and had planned to do it and it was the day of or the day before that colonel tom parker, a brilliant man, i don't blame him for doing it. he called and said, you know, we don't record any songs that elvis and i don't have the publishing