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I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals. — Ethel Merman

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

I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures. — Ethel Merman

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

I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me. — Ethel Merman

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

I Got Rhythm really put me on the map. — Ethel Merman

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people. — Ethel Merman

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

I'm screaming for help and everybody's acting as if I'm singing Ethel Merman covers ... — David Foster Wallace

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

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

I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank. — Ethel Merman

Who's happy these days? — Ethel Merman

I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words. — Ethel Merman

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand. — Ethel Merman

I mentioned that I was thinking of getting out of the business after Call Me Madam. I thought maybe I should become a homebody. — Ethel Merman

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

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

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

I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films. — Ethel Merman

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

[Cole Porter] sang like a hinge. — Ethel Merman

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

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

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

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time. — Ethel Merman

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

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

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living. — Ethel Merman

I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint. — Ethel Merman

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

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me. — Ethel Merman

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

I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame. — Ethel Merman

Musicals have clearly gotten more physical. You never saw Ethel Merman doing step aerobics. — Bruce Vilanch

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

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

I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old. — Ethel Merman

Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them. — Ethel Merman

Be yourself
it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else. — Ethel Merman

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

You gotta have a gimmick. — Ethel Merman

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

You'll never prove you're too good for a job by not doing your best. — Ethel Merman

In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me. — Ethel Merman

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

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most. — Ethel Merman

I take a breath when I have to. — Ethel Merman

I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast. — Ethel Merman

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist. — Ethel Merman

At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first. — Ethel Merman

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

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced. — Ethel Merman