Top 38 Quotes by Kate Smith

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

I learn my songs by ear.

I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training.

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

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

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

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

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.

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