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One bad review can destroy me. It hurts so bad.


I'm not very kind about marriage. I will never get married again.


If I'm with someone for too long, I begin feeling trapped.


It's exciting to sing in the place where you pay your taxes.


Most performers don't get a chance to sing in Los Angeles.


My marriage is very important to me.


New York is a good city for not having to get fat.


No matter what part of the business you want to be in, live performances are the most thrilling.


No one teaches you how to be graceful.


Oh, I miss the excitement and immediacy of Broadway and the theaters.


I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man.


Whenever I work, I'm never really happy. I'm always second-guessing.


You can get by on four hours' sleep, but you're not very exciting.


I think music and laughter are the two things that can keep you alive. Someone who is really depressed, tell them a joke, and they may come out of it for even just a moment. Or play them something.


I think that anyone who denies their heritage doesn't deserve their destiny. My grandmother was a maid. She put nine children - eight of them - through college; I did not finish college.


I think when you're happy, emotions are right near the top - mine definitely are. I cry easily, I laugh easily, I lose my temper easily... and I beg for forgiveness easily.


I've managed to completely reeducate myself into making eating secondary. I used to eat all the time because the food was there. Now I feel like a kid in school who is gaining points for behaving. And I love myself for it.


Of all the unhappiness I went through, you must know I wouldn't live a moment of my life differently for what I have now. Would I do it all again? I wouldn't want to, but if it got me to the same place, yeah, I'd do it. Because I realize now that God would not give more than I could handle.


There's nothing worse than working with an orchestra who looks down on working with a conductor who doesn't want to conduct for you. You need to be with an orchestra that can follow you and respect you.


'Gimme a Break' ran for six years and gave me the kind of money and freedom that I'd dreamed would make me happy. It didn't.