Kate Smith

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

— Kate Smith

#care #faults #hard #hard work #i

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

— Kate Smith

#am #composer #embellish #his #i

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

— Kate Smith

#always #big #broadway #daydreaming #i

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

— Kate Smith

#cream #ice #ice cream #me #milk

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story. ↗

— Kate Smith

#done #kind #lyrics #music #nothing

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

— Kate Smith

#amazed #had #i #over #recorded

In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them. ↗

— Kate Smith

#enhances #intensifies #meaning #mood #music

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

— Kate Smith

#analysis #automatically #composer #ensures #intelligent

It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight. ↗

— Kate Smith

#carrying #endangering #health #i #much

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

— Kate Smith

#every #grasp #important #meaning #meaning of