Since religion was so much a part of my life as a child, and since my childhood was so happy and so full of laughter and joy, I associate the two. Even my concept of Jesus goes along with this association of happiness and religion.

Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don't mind going through a little bush to get there!

Once you've gotten used to performing, you can't give it up.

I've been with certain stars some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy.

My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country.

Elvis said, Miss Minnie, do you think it would be out of order if I go up and speak to General Stewart? I've always been such a fan of his. So Elvis went up to speak to the Stewarts.

Show business is made up of disappointments, and it's through life's disappointments that you grow.

So often when you start talking about kindness to animals someone comments that starving and mistreated children should come first. The issue can't be divided like that. It isn't a choice between children and animals. It's our duty to care for both. Kindness is the important thing. Kids and animals are our responsibility.

I think Elvis loved his fans - I think that's why they loved him and still love him. Fans are very conscious and sensitive to the fact that performers love them.

That's what life is all about: remembering someone and smiling!

It's the most unglamourous glamour business in the world.

The doctor must have put my pacemaker in wrong. Every time my husband kisses me, the garage door goes up.

They were taking pictures and everything. When we got down off the plane, the minute Elvis made his appearance at the door of the plane, the screaming got even worse.

Roy Acuff was the first country music star to buy a home in a fashionable section of Nashville. The real estate man said, 'Mr. Acuff, how do you plan to take care of this?' since the house was very expensive at the time. Roy said, 'Would cash be all right?'

I think Elvis would be alive today, probably, if he had been allowed to mix and mingle with his fans. I think it was a great cross for him to bear that he couldn't get out and be with his fans.

We have boys now, and men, in the rock and roll business and all the show business, who have this reaction on women. They scream. They yell. They do all sorts of wild things.

Elvis couldn't leave the hotel except under heavy guard. It was incredible how they went wild over him.