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Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.
Kate Smith
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American
-
Musician
May 1
, 1907 -
June 17
, 1986
Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.
Kate Smith
Milk
,
Nothing
,
Six
There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.
Kate Smith
Chance
,
Second Chance
,
Most
Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.
Kate Smith
Best
,
Against
,
Often
I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.
Kate Smith
Singing
,
Always
,
Big
This nation loves singing and loves acting.
Kate Smith
Singing
,
Nation
,
Loves
Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
Kate Smith
Song
,
Always
,
Been
My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.
Kate Smith
Hair
,
Singing
,
Eyesight
Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.
Kate Smith
Pleasure
,
Act
,
Most
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
,
More
,
Younger
Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.
Kate Smith
Need
,
Submit
,
Appetites
It's up to the audience. It always has been.
Kate Smith
Always
,
Audience
,
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.
Kate Smith
Song
,
Audience
,
Syllable
It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
Kate Smith
Health
,
Obvious
,
Became
Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
Kate Smith
Composer
,
Adherence
In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them.
Kate Smith
Music
,
Set
,
Enhances
In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.
Kate Smith
Amazing
,
Over
,
Amazed
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
Nothing
,
Kind
,
Rock-And-Roll
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
Go
,
Give
,
Needed
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
Audience
,
Telling
,
Mine
I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing.
Kate Smith
Always
,
Embellish
,
His
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
,
Singing
,
Which
I learn my songs by ear.
Kate Smith
Learn
,
Ear
,
Songs
I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.
Kate Smith
Hair
,
Fat
,
Straight
I just can't read music.
Kate Smith
Music
,
Just
,
Read
I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.
Kate Smith
Product
,
Personally
,
Ever
I have never known stage-fright at any time.
Kate Smith
Time
,
Never
,
Known
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