57 Quotes by Kate Smith

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

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

There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.

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

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.

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.

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.

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.

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