Buffy Sainte-Marie as abridged from the 2018 book "Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography" by Andrea Warner.

We finished a take and the phone rang and it was one of Elvis's associates, a guy I had met through Chet [Atkins] many times. And so this associate of Elvis says "Buffy? Elvis just recorded your song, "Until It's Time For You To Go." By this time I was pretty much over Elvis. When I was thirteen, Elvis was fresh. He was young. He was healthy and beautiful, and he was sexy and a natural musician. He was everything. He was just everything. But, it was just a total surprise as Elvis had by then already gone into kind of a different style. He no longer had that young rebel thing going for him. But when he recorded "Until It's Time For You To Go," it was just amazing. It was as if Santa Claus had said yes to coming to your birthday

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We finished a take and the phone rang and it was one of Elvis's associates, a guy I had met through Chet [Atkins] many times. And so this associate of Elvis says "Buffy? Elvis just recorded your song, "Until It's Time For You To Go." By this time I was pretty much over Elvis. When I was thirteen, Elvis was fresh. He was young. He was healthy and beautiful, and he was sexy and a natural musician. He was everything. He was just everything. But, it was just a total surprise as Elvis had by then already gone into kind of a different style. He no longer had that young rebel thing going for him. But when he recorded "Until It's Time For You To Go," it was just amazing. It was as if Santa Claus had said yes to coming to your birthday" in the context of "Buffy Sainte-Marie as abridged from the 2018 book "Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography" by Andrea Warner." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (8 January 1935 – 16 August 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. Popularly known by his first name as "Elvis," as "The King of Rock and Roll" or simply as "The King," he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.