Kate Smith Quotations

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

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

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.

This nation loves singing and loves acting.

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

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

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

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

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

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