Quotes About Ethel Merman

I used to be a very serious pianist, and I was one of the snot-nosed classical ones who was appalled by nightmares of Ethel Merman and trombones blasting in the background and who knows what else.

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most

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

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

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

I worshipped Ethel Merman and I worshipped Ethel Merman a lot. It's incredible - Ethel Merman was a conventional singer. Her naming her child Ethel Merman, Jr., was, to me, one of the coolest feminist things.

The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.

I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star looks. I remember seeing pictures and photos of Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, who were kind of average looking. I said, 'Well, that's for me, then, to go back to New York and try to be in musical comedy on Broadway.'

JUDGE LITTLEFIELD: Good. Now, when I come to court dressed as Ethel Merman in a one-piece bathing suit, that'll be my signal to you that I want your opinion! BAILIFF: Yes, sir.

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

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

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