Tom Jones Quotes

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.

I've always felt myself as being a serious singer.

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.

I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.

If you're going to be a star, you should look like one.

There's plenty for me to do. There are more albums. I'll record as long as I can and as long as my voice works as well as it does now and for as long as people want to hear me.

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.

Love is in the air everywhere I look around. Love is in the air every sight and every sound.

I have had some pretty wild nights! I think the media keeps a very close eye on what people are up to these days. I was out with George Clooney a few nights ago and we had a great time.

First of all, I love singing. I mean, I get out of bed and I sing. I can't help it.

Despite what pretty poets say, the night is only half the day.

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!

I've tried wearing more than one ring on one hand and it doesn't look good. It's overkill, I think. So I think a ring on either hand. Nine times out of ten I'll go for pinky rings, but not always.

From time to time people who knew us both would try to get us to make up. "Life's too short, Tom." But I'd only get bullish about that. "Too right. Life's too short to be fucking about with Engelbert Humperdinck.

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.

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.

Dean Martin always dressed very well but then he was a good looking fella with a good physique so he could wear anything.

Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12.

It's good to touch the green, green grass of home

I've always liked to dance - I've got a natural rhythm.

There is a curious paradox that no one can explain. Who understands the secret of the reaping of the grain? Who understands why Spring is born out of Winter's laboring pain, or why we must all die a bit before we grow again? I do not know the answer; I merely know it's true. I hurt them for that reason, and myself a little bit too.

As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.

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.