Kate Smith Quotes

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Kate Smith

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 1, 1907

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

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Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.

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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 shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.

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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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I learn my songs by ear.

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I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.

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

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

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

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

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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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Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another.

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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.

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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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An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.

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