Kate Smith Quotes
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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.
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I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.
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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 New York.
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I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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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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Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.
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Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.
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Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.
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I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.
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An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.
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Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another.
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In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them.
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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 bonds.