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

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

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

- Kate Smith

Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.

Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.

- 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

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 just can't read music.

I just can't read music.

- 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

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 have never known stage-fright at any time.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

- Kate Smith

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