Top 38 Quotes by Kate Smith

I just can't read music.

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

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

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

I learn my songs by ear.

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

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

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

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