Marriage is like a hot bath; once you get used to it, it ain't so hot.

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

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.

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.

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.