After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.
I was bucking a good-looking cat called Elvis who had beautiful hair, wasn't married, and had all kinds of great moves.
If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song.
That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was.
When Perkins first got married, he and his wife lived in a government housing project in Jackson, TN, and he worked in a bakery to make ends meet.
Perkins was the son of Buck and Louise Perkins.
Perkins' version of Blue Suede Shoes sold more records than Elvis Presley's version of the song.
Perkins was portrayed by Johnny Holiday in the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.
Perkins was 6 feet, 1 inch tall.
Perkins is interred in Ridgecrest Cemetary in Jackson, TN.
In 1987, Perkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Perkins was part of the Million Dollar Quartet at Sun Records with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash.
Perkins wrote Daddy Sang Bass which became a number one hit on the country charts for Johnny Cash.
Perkins' Blue Suede Shoes was the first record by a Sun Records artist to sell a million copies.
Perkins wrote his most famous song Blue Suede Shoes on an old potato sack.
At age 7 Perkins began playing a guitar his father fashioned from a cigar box, a broomstick, and bailing wire.
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