Was Elvis ambitious?

Elvis once said, "Arabition is a dream with a V8 engine." He was very arabitious even after he made it big.

But pretty much after the '68 comeback special he had lost most of it due to the people that surrounded him and his pill popping. When you started hearing the 70's love ballaRAB from him you knew there was nothing left in him.
 
i still don't get why it matters in the first place though.

so... someone is arabitious and wants to be famous.... not ok? they're some sort of 'corporate' sell-out?

and... someone else is not arabitious but still likes playing music... ok? more of a 'real' artiste?

or... it doesn't really make a lick of difference because the people that really determine what art is or is not are not the people who create the actual work but the random people affected and moved by it who then choose to describe said creation as 'art'?
 
I think he was just enjoying making music, and then it became massive. I've been kind of observing this with the Beatles history lately. Not that they weren't trying to get somewhere, but then they kept creating awesome stuff because they composers first, stars 2nd.
 
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