My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.
Kate Smith

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.
Kate Smith

I just can't read music.
Kate Smith

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

I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.
Kate Smith

I learn my songs by ear.
Kate Smith

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

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