--- title: "1 Audience Understand Quotes By Kate Smith" description: "1 Audience Understand quotes by Kate Smith. Plus more from Kate Smith and more Audience Understand sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/kate-smith-15593_audience_it-is-important-that-the-audience-should_1998309.png" --- > [It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/it-is-important-that-the-audience-should-understand-every-syllable-of/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/kate-smith-15593_audience_it-is-important-that-the-audience-should_1998309.png) ## More by Kate Smith > [I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/i-have-always-examined-closely-the-motives-of-any-group-for-which-i/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/in-29-years-i-had-recorded-over-2-200-songs-i-was-amazed/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/since-i-have-been-singing-for-so-many-years-i-don-t-always-need-to/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [I love animals to the extent that my home is my dog's home! Which means that nothing is too good for my Freckles-chairs, couches,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/i-love-animals-to-the-extent-that-my-home-is-my-dog-s-home-which/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/i-was-always-daydreaming-about-singing-in-big-productions-on-broadway/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/there-s-no-second-chance-on-stage-and-i-was-trained-to-make-the-most/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/many-people-submit-to-excessive-appetites-without-realizing-that-they/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/i-shall-always-respect-the-composer-if-i-embellish-it-is-his-idea-i/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/i-could-not-separate-myself-off-stage-from-myself-on-stage-as-so-many/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [And when all is said and done, there is no greater success in the world than just being happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/and-when-all-is-said-and-done-there-is-no-greater-success-in-the/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/because-of-my-voice-speaking-words-which-had-been-carefully-chosen/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/it-became-obvious-in-1957-that-i-was-endangering-my-health-by/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [I learn my songs by ear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/i-learn-my-songs-by-ear/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) > [It's up to the audience. It always has been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/it-s-up-to-the-audience-it-always-has-been/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/if-rock-and-roll-is-well-done-there-s-nothing-so-terribly-wrong-with/) [Kate Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-smith/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience-understand/kate-smith/#itemlist", "name": "1 Audience Understand Quotes By Kate Smith", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kate Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-smith/it-is-important-that-the-audience-should-understand-every-syllable-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/kate-smith-15593_audience_it-is-important-that-the-audience-should_1998309.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/kate-smith-15593_audience_it-is-important-that-the-audience-should_1998309.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/kate-smith-15593_audience_it-is-important-that-the-audience-should_1998309.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they…” — Kate Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience-understand/kate-smith/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience-understand/kate-smith/", "name": "Audience Understand Quotes by Kate Smith", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience-understand/kate-smith/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/kate-smith-15593_audience_it-is-important-that-the-audience-should_1998309.png" }, "description": "1 Audience Understand quotes by Kate Smith. 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