Author: Kate Smith

Quotes

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

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

- 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

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

- 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.

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

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

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

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

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

- 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

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