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
mother father knives
My father came back one day and forced my mother to submit to him. He raped her, holding a knife.
mean want nasty
If I wanted pity, I got it because I'm illegitimate. And when I didn't want it I was mean and nasty.
I am an isolationist.
mother evangelism release
Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me.
men saint enough
I never posed as a saint. I would have slept with a man for nothing if I liked him well enough.