Ethel Merman

Everything's coming up roses - for me. ”

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

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

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

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

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

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. ”

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

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist. ”

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