Martha Rose Reeves Quotes

You can’t very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.

There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can’t find any work.

The world I was born into was one filled with music.

The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.

 

Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.

If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.