Kate Smith Quotes

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

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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 to explore the country around New York.

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

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

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• I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

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

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

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• I have never known stage-fright at any time.

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• I just can’t read music.

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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 learn my songs by ear.

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

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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 was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.

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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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Birth:	1st May, 1907
Death:	17th June, 1986
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Singer

About

Kathryn Elizabeth Smith known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio was an American singer, a contralto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Smith had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. Kate Smith became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity during World War II and contribution to American Culture and patriotism.

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