Tom Jones Quotes
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You can't lose the essence of a song. I try to enhance it more than anything else.
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Dean Martin always dressed very well but then he was a good looking fella with a good physique so he could wear anything.
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Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12.
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I want to find out more about how the Backstreet Boys get their incredible sound. I've got both their albums and I would love to cover one of their songs
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I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.
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When I started off in Wales, I sang and accompanied myself with guitar in the '50s. And then I got a band together, which is a rhythm section, really. I used to do a lot of blues, and rhythm and blues, and '50s rock 'n' roll and country, and all kinds of stuff.
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Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That's why I love vegetables, you know what they're about!
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People who go out and do hits year after year after year, I think the fans deserve more than that. The audiences deserve more than just that. You need to give them something new, or things you really love to sing. And they love it.
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There is nothing like the sound of a Welsh Male Choir and the Treorchy is the finest. They have represented the best of the Welsh voice for generations with honour and integrity. They are international ambassadors.
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Pussy cat, pussy cat, I love you, yes I do. You and your pussy cat nose.
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I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.
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I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and you sing it. I always liked singing on my own.
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I'm a lyric man - I'm always looking for meaningful songs.
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Comfort me by a solemn Assurance, that when the little Parlour in which I sit at this Instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished Box, I shall be read, with Honour, by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.
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I couldn't do the heavy rock thing anymore. Noddy Holder was around kicking every singer in the ***. I never wanted to be a pop singer. Christ, how I hated Noddy!
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I think teen-age love is a great thing. There's nothing quite like it and never will be for the rest of your life.
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When I was young, I was interested more in (singing the songs). ... I can't say I'm enjoying it more now than I did before, because I loved it when I first sang in Wales, in a pub or a club. I loved it then, getting up and singing. Or as a kid in school, I've always loved to sing. But I think when you've been around a long time, it's even more satisfying to think that people are listening to me now, and I've been in the business for a long time.
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I think the first time I ever wore a tuxedo was when I played at the Talk Of The Town in 1967, because it was a nightclub and that was the thing to do.
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Love is in the air everywhere I look around. Love is in the air every sight and every sound.
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Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself.
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I think it's good that I had some experience of the real world before I became successful. You know, having to get up in the morning and going to work in construction.
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I've always worn jewellery but for a time it went out of fashion. Like grungy and punk bands didn't wear jewellery because it was stupid.
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I was full of fire when I was young. I wanted to attack anything.
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I haven't become an American! Having a house in LA is just where the house is. It's just a convenience thing living there. I carry Wales around inside me. I'd consider moving back there one day. I never really left.
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I didn't have to play rugby that well, and I didn't have to play cricket that well, because I had this voice.
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Elvis was always over the top. That's why he had that gold lamé suit! He designed his jumpsuits himself. He always said, "If you're going to be a star, you should look like one."
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The Musto Skiff combines the thrill of skiff performance with smooth control and well... it just blows your pants off!
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I realize that singing is saving my life, once I started again.
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It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
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When I started recording, I thought I'd be able to do all kinds of records: jazz, country, dance - and I've always wanted to do a gospel album.
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