7 Quotes & Sayings By Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1901. Her mother died when she was 15, and her father died when she was 17. Although she never knew them, Ethel had four stepmothers, one of whom taught her to play the organ. She also learned to sing, dance, play the piano and write lyrics on the fly Read more

At the age of ten she had already won $100 at a talent contest. By 15 she was performing at a local vaudeville theater and singing with the popular Jimmie Lunceford's band.

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We are all gifted. That is our inheritance. Ethel Waters
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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. Ethel Waters
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Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence. Ethel Waters
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You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you. Ethel Waters
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My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any instruments to accompany them. Ethel Waters
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Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news. Ethel Waters