Once you start carrying your own suitcase, paying your own bills, running your own show, you've done something to yourself that makes you one of those women men like to call 'a pal' and 'a good sport,' the kind of… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share Image
Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends. — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
I would start off with a lively rag, then would come a ballad, followed by a comedy song and a novelty number, and finally,… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
Once you start carrying your own suitcase, paying your own bills, running your own show, you've done something to yourself that makes you one… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
Even though I loved the song [My Yiddish Momme] and it was a sensational hit every time I sang it, I was always careful… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
It is a commentary on Berlin in 1931 that ... it was 'My Yiddishe Momme' that the Berlin Broadcasting Company asked for. — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
Playing two months or more in one city meant new songs all the time. If people paid their dimes to see and hear Sophie… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
I've never sung a single song in my whole life on purpose to shock anyone. My 'hot numbers' are all, if you will notice,… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she needs good looks, from 35 to 55 she needs… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
From birth to 18 a girl needs good parents; from 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, good personality. From… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
Gradually, at the concerts, I began to hear calls for 'the fat girl'… Then I would jump up for the piano stool, forgetting about… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
“From birth to age eighteen a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five she needs good looks. From thirty-five to fifty-five she needs… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share
