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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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?’