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

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• Ethel Merman:

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

• Ethel Merman:

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

• 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:

  Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to

• Ethel Merman:

  Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and n

• Ethel Merman:

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

• Ethel Merman:

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

• Ethel Merman:

  I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

• 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:

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