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.
Ethel WatersSomehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me.
Ethel WatersI wondered what I would do if I didn't have my God to turn to and be able to read the Book He had divinely inspired.
Ethel WatersI've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.
Ethel Waters