Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waterswas an American blues, jazz and gospel singer and actress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth31 October 1896
CityChester, PA
CountryUnited States of America
mom children heart
What broke Mom's heart was realizing that her children knew nothing and cared nothing about the better side of life.
wedlock born
I was born out of wedlock. Nobody brought me up.
sleep men gang
I know the most terrible thing that can happen to a woman. That is the gang-up. Men put you to sleep with their drops and one man after another goes in and takes you.
lonely fun bored
If whites bored me, it was because they bored themselves. They seemed to get little fun out of life and were desperately lonely.
kids aunt eating
My aunts lived on liquor and seldom felt like eating much. I don't know what's wrong about a kid stealing when he's hungry.
long agents today
Today I blame only certain agents for my long eclipse as a public entertainer.
white individual certain
There is a certain type of white Southerner who respects certain Negro individuals.
white gloves spades
The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade.
mom regret business
Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me.
fog treatment frightened
I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me.
ohio mohawks columbus
Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk.
stars ideas accepted
I never accepted the idea that I was all through. I guess no person who has once been a star can do that, ever.
sweat able feels
I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.
mom drinking childhood
Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.