Kate Smith Quotes

I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.

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, beds. But I do draw the line on chipmunks nibbling at my table linens, bedding, blankets, etc.

I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.

I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.

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.

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

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.

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.

It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.

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 just can't read music.

I learn my songs by ear.

I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.

Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.

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 could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.

It's up to the audience. It always has been.

It has been said that genius is only the power of making continuous effort. The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it. We are told that there is no failure, except in no longer trying - no defeat, except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own weakness of purpose.

I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training.

It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.

I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.