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Ethel Waters

American

October 31, 1896

Musician

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I never was coddled, or liked, or understood by my family.

Tags: Family Never Liked

Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me.

Tags: Me Things Were

I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.

Tags: About Your Been

New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been.

Tags: Time Been Only

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.

Tags: Being Every Take

The big compliment came from the beer drinkers who didn't know me. They wouldn't drink or move when I sang. If they had their glasses in mid-air, the glasses wouldn't come down.

Tags: Me Who Know

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.

Tags: Work Money Business