Elvis Presley was on the hunt for God during his time on Earth, according to Priscilla Presley.

In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning last month, the King of Rock and Roll's ex-wife talked about his passion for the Bible and how he related to Jesus.

"He was captivated by religion and finding out, you know, you would read about Jesus and about what Jesus went through being Jesus — kind of related to that," she explains.

"I don't mean in any way that he thought was God or Jesus, but reading the books and reading the Bible and how he suffered, meaning Jesus, he related to that in many ways," she adds

Priscilla's chat on the program was in an effort to promote and dive into her new book Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis . In it, she revisits fond and painful moments — bot

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