lördag, augusti 25, 2007

come what may


De hade inget drömäktenskap precis, den gode Elvis och den unga Priscilla. Det har väl ingen förresten. Särskilt inte celebs. För de har stora egon. Jag tror inte att Priscilla var nåt offer i det här, när hon var tonåring kanske, men inte sen. De var nog ungefär lika goda kålsupare båda två. Som i de flesta äktenskap. (Fast männen är värst of course. Slår ihjäl fruar och har sig.)

Elvis om uppbrottet: "Our divorce came about not because of another man or another woman but because of the circumstances involving my career. I was traveling too much. I was gone too much."

Priscilla: "I mean, I had probably an illusion of being the wife that, you know, I wanted to create a home. I wanted to have children. I wanted him to be a husband. It was never going to be that way. It couldn't be that way."

Priscilla om Elvis, egot; "I lived somebody else's life. It was never about me, it was really about him on every level."

Elvis om Priscilla; "You can love someone and be wrong for them."

Priscilla om vänskapen efter skilsmässan: "I lived a really wonderful life with this man and even after our divorce, it was incredible. We had a closer bond, probably because the effort was off and there was just a purity. We realized that we liked each other, and that's very special."

När fått beskedet att Elvis var död beskriver beskriver hon sin känsla som; "The sun went out."

Solen hade gått ned för länge sen för Elvis & Priscilla, när Elvis dog försvann den för gott.