▁the ▁record ▁and ▁I ▁was ▁disappoint ed . ▁It ▁just ▁sound ed ▁ter rib ly ▁nerv ous , ▁too ▁fast , ▁too ▁white . ▁But ▁you ▁know , ▁after ▁it ▁sold ▁seven ▁or ▁eight ▁million ▁records ▁it ▁started ▁to ▁sound ▁better ." ▁ ▁Le iber ▁and ▁St ol ler ▁tired ▁of ▁explaining ▁that ▁Pres ley ▁had ▁dropped ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁lyr ics . ▁For ▁example , ▁Le iber ▁compla ined ▁about ▁Pres ley ▁adding ▁the ▁line , ▁" You ▁ain ' t ▁never ▁caught ▁a ▁rabb it , ▁and ▁you ▁ain ' t ▁no ▁friend ▁of ▁mine ", ▁calling ▁it ▁" in ane … It ▁doesn ' t ▁mean ▁anything ▁to ▁me ." ▁Fort y ▁years ▁later , ▁Le iber ▁told ▁music ▁journalist ▁R ik ky ▁Ro oks by ▁that ▁Pres ley ▁had ▁stamp ed ▁the ▁hit ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁identity : ▁"( A ) ▁white ▁singer ▁from ▁M emph is ▁who ' s ▁a ▁hell ▁of ▁a ▁singer — he ▁does ▁have ▁some ▁black ▁att itudes — t akes ▁the ▁song ▁over … ▁But ▁here ' s ▁the ▁thing : ▁we ▁didn ' t ▁make ▁it . ▁His ▁version ▁is ▁like ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁country ▁and ▁sk iff le . ▁It ' s ▁not ▁black . ▁He ▁sounds ▁like ▁H ank ▁Snow . ▁In ▁most ▁cases ▁where ▁we ▁are ▁attributed ▁with ▁rock ▁and ▁roll , ▁it ' s ▁mis leading , ▁because ▁what ▁we ▁did ▁is ▁usually ▁the ▁original ▁record — which ▁is ▁R & B — and ▁some ▁other ▁producer ▁(