Ethel Waters
Musician
1896-10-31 – 1977-09-01
Ethel Waters was an American singer and actress who became one of the most influential performers of the twentieth century. She achieved success in blues, jazz, Broadway, and film. She was among the first Black women to headline major entertainment venues and media productions.
Books by Ethel Waters
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow
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To Me It's Wonderful
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Quotes by Ethel Waters
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Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.
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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.
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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.
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I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.
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Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.
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Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me.
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After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded.
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We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.
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