Kate Smith Quotes

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• My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.
• I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.
• I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
• An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.
• As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around…
• Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war…
• I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.
• I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training.
• I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.
• I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.
• I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.
• During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.
• I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
• Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
• There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.
• Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.
• I have never known stage-fright at any time.
• Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.
• This nation loves singing and loves acting.
• I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.

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