Status Updates From Burning Elvis

'Back then, I thought adults were autonomous: if my father behaved cruelly it was because he chose to do so; I never imagined he told those stories because he was confused or unhappy.'

'If Elvis had died before he went into films, they would have loved him for ever. But he didn’t die. He lived and his perfection was corrupted. Whatever he did that wasn’t perfect was seized upon with relish and disbelief. She said fans didn’t love their heroes, just consumed them. She said anyone who had really loved Elvis would have helped him, by making him see that he was the phoenix, and he had to be burned.'