Once I had the attention, all I had to do was deliver. Ethel Merman More Quotes by Ethel Merman More Quotes From Ethel Merman My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be Ethel Merman belovedmomway Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me Ethel Merman anything-goesfour [Cole Porter] sang like a hinge. Ethel Merman hingesentertainmentart I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old Ethel Merman ambitioushas-beensyears 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 pillssleepbook Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced. Ethel Merman momageyears 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 advantagewantpeople I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33? Ethel Merman differencesparentlong 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 mombusinessviews 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 vaudevillebroadwaystars I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano Ethel Merman pianotrustmen When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest Ethel Merman fogsucceedbusiness As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand Ethel Merman turnsaveragedrama You gotta have a gimmick. Ethel Merman gimmickgottayou Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver. Ethel Merman deliveroncehadattention
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