I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

Quote by Kate Smith

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If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music....

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music....

I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.

I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.

I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go...

I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go...

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached...

I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached...

Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing...

Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing...

Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in...

Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in...

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work...

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work...

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

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

Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat...

Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat...

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

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

I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors...

I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors...

I just can't read music.

I just can't read music.

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

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

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

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

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I...

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I...

Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach...

Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach...

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

This nation loves singing and loves acting.

This nation loves singing and loves acting.

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money...

Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money...

It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only...

It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only...