the world came to him, literally. He didn't go out. Larry King: The Beatles came to him. Linda Thompson: The Beatles , everybody came to him. You know, everyone came to him. Barbra Streisand came to him, everybody who wanted to have an audience with him came to him. He didn't go out. Larry King: He always gave the public everything, right? He gave a performance. He never threw away shows. Linda Thompson: He never meant to throw away a show. There might have been times when he didn't give all he had because he wasn't feeling well, but absolutely he put his heart and soul into it, and he loved his fans, loved his fans. Larry King: What about the drugs? Linda Thompson: You know, Elvis fooled himself into thinking he didn't have a drug problem because everything that he took was by prescription. Larry King: You mean he never did cocaine? Linda Thompson: Never did. No. Not when he was with me. Nothing illegal. Larry King: So like he would take what? Linda Thompson: He didn't even drink, Larry. He didn't even drink alcohol. So everything that he took was by prescription. Larry King: How did you live with that? Linda Thompson: It was very difficult, because I'm very -- have always been anti-drug and was never... Larry King: So you never got hooked on any of it? Linda Thompson: You know what's interesting, because people say how could you avoid taking drugs. And I said what was