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Nell Carter Quotes

When I first found out I had diabetes I denied it.

– Nell Carter

I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.

– Nell Carter

For me, you can put on something by Bach, and I’ll feel better.

– Nell Carter

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

– Nell Carter

I was never totally into marriage, and I wasn’t a very good wife.

– Nell Carter

No one teaches you how to be graceful.

– Nell Carter

I had to want to lose weight myself.

– Nell Carter

I always look forward to getting back East. I miss the cold weather and the Jewish delis.

– Nell Carter

Rich means you have to stay there to maintain it.

– Nell Carter

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

– Nell Carter

I searched for answers to life’s meaning and, though I was raised a Presbyterian, I converted to Judaism around 1983.

– Nell Carter

My marriage is very important to me.

– Nell Carter

‘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.

– Nell Carter

Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle.

– Nell Carter

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.

– Nell Carter

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

– Nell Carter

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

– Nell Carter

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.

– Nell Carter

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

– Nell Carter

You have to put on more faces to pretend who you are.

– Nell Carter

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

– Nell Carter

Rich is not better.

– Nell Carter

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

– Nell Carter

Because I’ve always had a strong personality, I’ve always thought I knew what was best.

– Nell Carter

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.

– Nell Carter

I wish that people could understand that people need to laugh. They need to sing. They need to create their own joie de vivre.

– Nell Carter