I would start off with a lively rag, then would come a ballad, followed by a comedy song and a novelty number, and finally, the hot song. In this way, I left the stage with the audience laughing their heads… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share Image
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, written about something that is real in the lives of millions of people. — Sophie Tucker Copy Share Image
Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends. — Sophie Tucker Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“Even though I loved the song [My Yiddish Momme] and it was a sensational hit every time I sang it, I was always careful to use it only when I knew the majority of the house would understand Yiddish. However, you didn't have to be a Jew to be moved by 'My Yiddish Momme.' 'Mother' in any language…” quote by Sophie Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/978/sophie-tucker-30883_careful_even-though-i-loved-the-song-my-yiddish_1564901.jpg)
