Playing two months or more in one city meant new songs all the time. If people paid their dimes to see and hear Sophie Tucker, they didn't want to he…

- Sophie Tucker

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…

- Sophie Tucker

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…

- Sophie Tucker

I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.

- Sophie Tucker

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 thos…

- Sophie Tucker

I have been poor and I have been rich. Rich is better.

- Sophie Tucker

The secret of longevity... Is to keep breathing!

- Sophie Tucker

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

- Sophie Tucker

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 th…

- Sophie Tucker