"There were the phone calls and Elvis had asked me to visit him in Los Angeles. This was in 1962"
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The timestamp, “1962,” does heavy lifting without commentary. It anchors the story in a pre-feminist, pre-Internet celebrity culture where access was controlled by phone calls, intermediaries, and the mystique of distance. Los Angeles isn’t just geography; it’s the capital of image-making. Visiting him there suggests entering a world where the rules are set by fame, handlers, and spectacle, not by ordinary courtship.
The restraint is the point. Priscilla doesn’t foreground sensation; she offers a clean, almost clipped setup that invites the reader to fill in what she’s not explicitly dramatizing: the age gap, the celebrity gravity, the vulnerability of being “asked” into a narrative already larger than either person. By keeping the language modest, she claims credibility. It’s memory as controlled testimony - letting context do the accusing, and letting the reader feel how quickly “a visit” can become a life.
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| Topic | Long-Distance Relationship |
|---|---|
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Presley, Priscilla. (n.d.). There were the phone calls and Elvis had asked me to visit him in Los Angeles. This was in 1962. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-were-the-phone-calls-and-elvis-had-asked-me-155855/
Chicago Style
Presley, Priscilla. "There were the phone calls and Elvis had asked me to visit him in Los Angeles. This was in 1962." FixQuotes. Accessed February 2, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-were-the-phone-calls-and-elvis-had-asked-me-155855/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"There were the phone calls and Elvis had asked me to visit him in Los Angeles. This was in 1962." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-were-the-phone-calls-and-elvis-had-asked-me-155855/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

