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
emotional people singing
There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.
flower smell odor
Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down.
home long made
The greatest acts in colored show business had long made Harlem their home and favorite stamping ground.
mother importance persons
You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of the family.
clothes more-money partners
I dressed plain, but my partners were always spending more money on clothes than I could afford.
thinking yellow differences
Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.
outsiders felt
I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.
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.
people pay privilege
When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege.
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.
fire authenticity burned
Only those who are being burned know what fire is like.
men epic two
All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic.
phones news may
Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.