Quotes by Kate Smith

About Kate Smith:

Kathryn Elizabeth Smith was an American singer, a contralto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America".
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Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.

Kate Smith

I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me.

Kate Smith

There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.

Kate Smith

It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.

Kate Smith

Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another.

Kate Smith

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.

Kate Smith

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.

Kate Smith

Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.

Kate Smith

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

Kate Smith

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.

Kate Smith

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds.

Kate Smith

I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.

Kate Smith

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.

Kate Smith

In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them.

Kate Smith

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.

Kate Smith

I just can't read music.

Kate Smith

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.

Kate Smith

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.

Kate Smith

Author Bio

  • NameKate Smith
  • DescriptionAmerican singer
  • BornMay 1, 1907
  • DiedJune 17, 1986
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Musician; Writer; Singer; Autobiographer
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom