Donny Osmond Shares the Best Piece of Advice Elvis Presley Gave Him: 'Came from the King' (Exclusive)

Donny Osmond is looking back at a piece of advice from the King of Rock and Roll that he still holds close.

The 67-year-old multi-hyphenate, who recently made his return to the stage as part of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, caught up with PEOPLE about a lesson he learned from the late Elvis Presley back in the day.

While speaking on his own relationship with social media in 2024 — "Can you imagine what I could have done with social media and the 'Puppy Love' days?" — Osmond explained that he "really enjoys" engaging with his supporters.

"But more importantly than that, I remember when we were talking to Elvis one day, our family even, he said, 'If I could do it all over again, I'd get closer to my fans,' " Osmond says.

"I was 14 at the time when he said that. And it really, really influenced me that a guy this big, you know, the King of Rock and Roll, says he wishes he could get closer to his fans 'cause he was so isolated. That's one of the reasons why I do it, because that came from the King."

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Osmond has previously opened up about his history of encounters with Presley before the music icon's 1977 death at the age of 42. Back in 2017, he revealed on Lorraine that the fellow performer was the "nicest guy" and reminded him of the importance of being a "real person."

As he tells PEOPLE, his fanbase has only expanded since those days, with the "demographics" having "literally grown" thanks to his various projects over the years.

"I see a lot of young people discovering who I am because of YouTube and social media and all that kind of stuff. But also the things that I've done, when they discovered that I'm the voice of Captain Shang in Mulan. I mean, when we do that whole production number in Las Vegas, some of the faces I see [are] like surprise. Like, 'I didn't know that was you!' "

"I see the stage door every night as I walk out, I see little kids with their moms and people in their 30s and 20s that said, 'I've been watching this all my life.' "

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The musician's most recent endeavor saw him return to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat more than 30 years after he initially captivated audiences as the show's titular character. This time, he was back as the villainous role of Pharaoh through Dec. 29 at the Edinburgh Playhouse in Scotland.

"Opening night it was like, 'What is this going to be like?' And as soon as they set me down on the chair on stage and the lights came up, the applause and ovation ... it was absolutely amazing," he told PEOPLE. "And then when Joseph comes out and ['Poor Poor Joseph'] began, I looked at the audience and I said, 'Déjà vu!' "

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On Feb. 11, he'll also be returning to Las Vegas at Harrah's Showroom for his first-ever solo residency in the city. The "extremely high-tech" show will have audiences saying "I've gotta see this," he says.

"I've always said if I can't give a hundred percent on stage like I do every night in Las Vegas or what I'm doing out here, if I can't come up to that bar that I've set for myself, that's the time to stop," he added.

"I'm just having the time of my life on stage."

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