From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she needs good looks, from 35 to 55… — 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… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share Image
From birth to 18 a girl needs good parents; from 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, good… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
“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 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)
![“Gradually, at the concerts, I began to hear calls for 'the fat girl'… Then I would jump up for the piano stool, forgetting about my size [145 lbs at age 13], and work to get all the laughs I could get.” quote by Sophie Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ba/sophie-tucker-30883_age_gradually-at-the-concerts-i-began-to-hea_2473624.jpg)
