"I learn my songs by ear." — Kate Smith
"I learn my songs by ear."
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Kate Smith
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39 Quotes by Kate Smith
Kate Smith has 39 quotes on this site.
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My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.
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I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.
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As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began…
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Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for…
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I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.
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I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training.
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I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.
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I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.
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I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.
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During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America…
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More Ear Quotes
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The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise…
— Dave Barry
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Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch…
— John Adams
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I got some media coverage for using the tail, the ear, the oink.
— Mario Batali
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Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves…
— Thomas Beecham
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Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all…
— Robert Benchley
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Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down…
— Mary J. Blige
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To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.
— Andrea Bocelli
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
— William Jennings Bryan
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment,…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
— Samuel Butler
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When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it…
— Maria Callas
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