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Kate Smith
American
Musician
Born:
May 1
,
1907
Died:
Jun 17
,
1986
Always
Am
Could
Me
Music
Singing
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During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.
Kate Smith
God
National
Before
Presidential
Bless
Sing
Democratic
God Bless
America
Committee
Request
Received
Speeches
Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.
Kate Smith
Time
Me
Nothing
One Time
Shakes
Were
Undoing
Six
Ice
Ice Cream
Chocolate
Cream
Milk
Row
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
Me
Matter
Everything
Must
Would
Give
Vowed
Go
Up
Whenever
Them
Meaningless
Show
Needed
I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.
Kate Smith
Work
Hard Work
Work Hard
Care
Singing
Faults
Must
Would
Above
Take
Take Care
Make
Reproach
Which
Hard
An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise.
Kate Smith
Political
Otherwise
Out
Entertainer
Performance
Himself
His
Any
Controversy
Public
Should
Keep
In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them.
Kate Smith
Music
Words
Mood
Ballads
While
Them
Meaning
Enhances
Nearly
Set
My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.
Kate Smith
Me
Light
Hair
Singing
Eyesight
Part
Like
Poor
Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.
Kate Smith
Family
People
Own
Pleasure
Most
Sing
Friends
Friends And Family
Act
Who
Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.
Kate Smith
Work
Women
Steady
Steady Work
More
Greater
Than
Stability
Middle-Aged
Middle-Aged Women
Capacity
Younger
Loyal
Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.
Kate Smith
Food
People
Submit
Eat
Excessive
Without
Much
Realizing
Many
Appetites
Need
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
Song
Word
Important
Every
Only
Understand
Audience
Meaning
Meaning Of
Then
Should
Grasp
Syllable
In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.
Kate Smith
Amazing
Recorded
Had
Songs
Over
Amazed
Years
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
Me
Wonderful
Sometimes
Sympathy
Mine
Telling
Thrill
Between
Reached
Audience
Get
Hearts
I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.
Kate Smith
Respect
Embellish
Composer
Shall
Idea
Always
Am
His
I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.
Kate Smith
Every
Personally
Product
Believed
Ever
I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.
Kate Smith
Money
Group
Examined
Always
Am
Motives
Closely
Any
Which
Asked
Raise
Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes to buy war bonds.
Kate Smith
War
Buy
Women
Words
Money
Carefully
Other
Voice
Purposes
Had
Because
Been
Which
Aside
Used
Speaking
Chosen
Bonds
Set
It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
Kate Smith
Health
Carrying
Weight
Obvious
Became
Much
I learn my songs by ear.
Kate Smith
Songs
Learn
Ear
I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
Kate Smith
Myself
White
Nurse
Unknown
Unmarried
Unnoticed
See
Could
Unsung
Years
Dying
Uniform
Working
Many
Last
I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.
Kate Smith
Myself
Else
Could
Am
Than
Anyone
Anyone Else
Harder
I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training.
Kate Smith
Me
People
Training
Example
Embarrassed
Out
Point
Without
Am
Continually
Done
Who
Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another.
Kate Smith
Music
Home
Group
Every
Dramatic
Small
Small Town
Town
Another
Quartet
Form
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