Author Profile
Kate Smith
1907 – 1986 • American • Musician
38
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Collected Meditations
Showing 38 quotesAs 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.— Kate Smith
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.— Kate Smith
I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training.— Kate Smith
I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.— Kate Smith
I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.— Kate Smith
I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.— Kate Smith
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.— Kate Smith
Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.— Kate Smith
If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.— Kate Smith