Author: Kate Smith

Quotes

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

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

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

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 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 just can't read music.

I just can't read music.

- 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

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

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

- Kate Smith

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