"We in the show business have our religion too - on every day, the show must go on!"

"I came home with a heart full of love, but you don't want to understand. Some day you'll understand, the same as Mama…"

"My son was to stand at my side and sing tonight – but now I have no son."

"My son came to me in my dreams—he sang Kol Nidre so beautifully. If he would only sing like that tonight—surely he wo…"

"[Listening to Jakie cantoring at Yom Kippur services after the death of his father] A jazz singer...singing to his God!"

"There are lots of jazz singers, but you have a tear in your voice."

"Here he belongs. If God wanted him in His house, He would have kept him there. He's not my boy anymore—he belongs to …"

"Do what is in your heart, Jakie—if you sing and God is not in your voice — your father will know."

"What a little boy learns - he never forgets."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet! Wait a minute, I tell ya! You ain't heard nothin'! You wan…"