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

I just can't read music.

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.

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

Kate Smith

Food

People

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.

Kate Smith

Family

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.

Kate Smith

Sympathy

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

Kate Smith

Idea

Respect

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

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

Kate Smith

Home

Music

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

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

Kate Smith

Intention

Sincerity

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

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

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

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.

Kate Smith

Car

Country