The man with Elvis' hair

Tom Morgan stores locks of Elvis' hair in a bank vault.

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(CNN) -- Elvis Presley died 25 years ago this coming Friday, but he is still alive in many hearts and minds. Fans are flocking to Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, for the annual Elvis Week festivities, each with his or her own memory of the King of Rock 'n' Roll.

Elvis fan Tom Morgan has a special memento of the King: locks of his hair. Morgan shared his memories of Elvis with CNN's Bill Hemmer Tuesday from Memphis.

BILL HEMMER: Tom, good morning to you, sir.

TOM MORGAN: Good morning.

CNN: Give us the story here. How did you come by this?

IN-DEPTH Elvis: 25 years later

MORGAN: Well, a friend of mine ... was Elvis' personal barber. He cut his hair for over 25 years. And during this period of time, he managed to keep clippings off of the hair. [He] had offered it to me several times, and I had turned it down. But on occasion, I did take some bits and pieces and passed them on to friends of mine ...

After [my friend] died, his family gave me the hair, and I've had it in my possession ever since.

CNN: Did you bring it today, Tom?

MORGAN: Yes, I did.

CNN: What's it mean to you? I mean, this is a piece of a man's hair who died 25 years ago, an American icon, and a world icon, for that matter. Tell us about it.

Elvis' barber of 25 years gave some of his hair clippings to friends.

MORGAN: Well, I think everyone wants a piece of Elvis, and when you get a piece of hair, that's about as close as you can get to the man.

CNN: Yes. Is this a bit creepy?

MORGAN: Sir?

CNN: Is it a bit creepy?

MORGAN: To some extent, I'd say yes.

CNN: There are some, Tom, who have suggested that you could get DNA and essentially clone Elvis Presley at some point. Is that ridiculous to you?

MORGAN: Well, to me, there will only be one Elvis. There has only been one Elvis. They may clone him, but I don't think you could ever replace him.

CNN: How do you store that hair? I mean, do you keep it in plastic, or what do you do with it?

MORGAN: Actually, I've got it in a plastic container with a lid on it. This morning, I brought some of the hair in in a jar, and then I keep it in a bank vault.

CNN: Wow. A few other souvenirs, quickly, Tom, what did you bring along that you say Elvis gave you?

MORGAN: Well, there are things that I acquired over a period of time. I got to collecting Elvis memorabilia. I was a friend of Elvis. I handled the security for his funeral. I knew a lot of his associates. And as time went on, I had people contact me, wanting something from Elvis, and I got to buying and trading and selling memorabilia.

So I've got a shirt from [a friend of Elvis']. It's a red, silk shirt that was given to him by Elvis. In fact, Elvis left it at his house because it had a tear in it, and he didn't want to be seen with a shirt that was torn.

CNN: Wow!

MORGAN: So he had it replaced. He left this shirt with [his friend].

CNN: All right. In the short time we have left, how do you remember him this week, 25 years down the road?

MORGAN: I'll tell you, I remember Elvis as a very kind person. He was brought up very humbly. He was brought up religiously. He's a person that never forgot his roots. He never forgot the fans who put him where he was. He was generous to a fault. He gave away a fortune. He made a fortune during his lifetime, but by the same token, he shared it with everyone he met.

CNN: Thank you, Tom -- good to talk to you.

MORGAN: Thank you.