Top 38 Quotes by Kate Smith

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

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.

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.

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

It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.

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

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

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

Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.