Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view… — 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 MermanMusician · American · 1908 – 1984

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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. — Samuel Butler
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. — Henry David Thoreau
So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness. — David Herbert Lawrence
Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced. — Ethel Merman
I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame. — Ethel Merman
Music, in the past few years... anything singable or understandable is square. — Ethel Merman