57 Quotes by Kate Smith

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

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

In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them.

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

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.

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

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

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