Author: Kate Smith

Quotes

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

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

- Kate Smith

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

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

- 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.

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

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

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

- 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.

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

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.

- Kate Smith

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

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

- Kate Smith

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

- 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.

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

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