Minnie Pearl

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.

— Minnie Pearl

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

— Minnie Pearl

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

— Minnie Pearl

I knew about Elvis. Of course, everybody knew about him then.

— Minnie Pearl

Since religion was so much a part of my life as a child, and since my childhood was so happy and so…

— Minnie Pearl

Elvis walked over and signed a few autographs over the fence. They were screaming. I had never seen this.

— Minnie Pearl

Take the back roads instead of the highways.

— Minnie Pearl

watch out fer these fellers around here. It ain't safe fer a pretty girl. Why, I had one just now tell me…

— Minnie Pearl

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

— Minnie Pearl

Roy Acuff was the first country music star to buy a home in a fashionable section of Nashville. The real estate man…

— Minnie Pearl

I've been with certain stars; some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are…

— Minnie Pearl

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

— Minnie Pearl

I can always remember that experience in Hawaii pleasantly on account of Elvis.

— Minnie Pearl

I think Elvis loved his fans - I think that's why they loved him and still love him. Fans are very conscious…

— Minnie Pearl

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

— Minnie Pearl

We have boys now, and men, in the rock and roll business and all the show business, who have this reaction on…

— Minnie Pearl

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

— Minnie Pearl

Elvis said, Miss Minnie, do you think it would be out of order if I go up and speak to General Stewart?…

— Minnie Pearl

When we got to the hotel, the Hawaiian Village, there were 500 screaming women there. The police were trying to keep the…

— Minnie Pearl

I think Elvis would be alive today, probably, if he had been allowed to mix and mingle with his fans. I think…

— Minnie Pearl

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

— Minnie Pearl

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

— Minnie Pearl

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

— Minnie Pearl

Colonel Parker asked Henry and me to come to Elvis' suite and have breakfast. There were at least five policemen stationed up…

— Minnie Pearl

So often when you start talking about kindness to animals someone comments that starving and mistreated children should come first. The issue…

— Minnie Pearl