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
clearer operation proved sang throat time tone voice
The first time I sang after my throat operation was one of the tensest times of my life. But my voice proved to have a clearer tone than ever before.
phones news may
Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.
junk causes
I am somebody cause God don't make no junk
couple beer giving
I found that a couple of bottles of beer would give me a lift, but the third bottle would sober me up.
race faults virtue
Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.
clothes more-money partners
I dressed plain, but my partners were always spending more money on clothes than I could afford.
outsiders felt
I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.
yesterday joy looks
It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays.
hypocrisy kitchen hell
There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen.
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.
white individual certain
There is a certain type of white Southerner who respects certain Negro individuals.
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.
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.
black-history black depends
I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself.