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
memories elephants mind
I had a probing mind and an elephant memory.
girl years long
Twenty-five years is a long time for a girl to live out of a trunk, and after looking over a few houses, I fell in love with one in Southwest Los Angeles.
girl towns accommodations
We show girls were forced to live in whorehouses in each town, no other accommodations being available.
mom children heart
What broke Mom's heart was realizing that her children knew nothing and cared nothing about the better side of life.
care dresses i-dont-care
I don't care to dress up except when it is necessary or good for my business.
middle shows
I could always open shows, perform through the middle, and close shows.
new-york house apartment
What impressed me most about New York were its huge apartment houses.
joy suffering trying
When I act I try to express the suffering or joy I've known during my lifetime.
age firsts stage
When I first went on the stage I was 17 and under the legal age for performers.
jobs judging outsiders
I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors.
white individual certain
There is a certain type of white Southerner who respects certain Negro individuals.
missing quitting judgment
We miss a lot in life because we don't know when to quit, what to leave out.
doors house omen
Among Negroes it is a bad omen when someone knocks on the door of a house where a person has died.
inspirational teenager people
I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try.