Ethel Merman Quotes

American - Musician January 16, 1908 - February 15, 1984

Everything's coming up roses - for me. Ethel Merman

Valentine's Day, Me, Up

If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill. Ethel Merman

Need, Television, Book

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes. Ethel Merman

Change, One Thing, About

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Ethel Merman

Right Place, Pat, Myself

I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird. Ethel Merman

Work, Want, Bird

Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and no heart. Ethel Merman

Voice, Big, Legend

I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano. Ethel Merman

Piano, Trust, Throw

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. Ethel Merman

Lucky, Wrote, Show

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own. Ethel Merman

Wedding, Always, Couple

At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since. Ethel Merman

Easter, Think, Give

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Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice. Ethel Merman

Always, Give, Like

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them. Ethel Merman

Could, Here, Audience

Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway. Ethel Merman

Very, Been, Broadway

You gotta have a gimmick. Ethel Merman

Gotta, You, Gimmick

Who's happy these days? Ethel Merman

When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales. Ethel Merman

Deep, Sometimes, About

When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest. Ethel Merman

Always, Business, Show

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions. Ethel Merman

Appropriate, Inventions

There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman. Ethel Merman

Been, Advantage, Want

The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now. Ethel Merman

Unbelievable, Show, About

Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver. Ethel Merman

Once, Attention, Deliver

Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret. Ethel Merman

Marriages, Bob, Regret

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician. Ethel Merman

Play, Read, Though

My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic. Ethel Merman

Career, Very, Musical

My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be. Ethel Merman

Pop, Always, Rated

Music, in the past few years... anything singable or understandable is square. Ethel Merman

In The Past, Square, Music

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