Engelbert Humperdinck Quotes
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I work out: I do a little jump-rope. I punch a bag in the gym. I do the treadmill. I do stationary-bike exercise. I maintain a healthy diet.
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I'm very superstitious.
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There was a time I'd do 300 shows a year.
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I have a nine handicap in golf - I can always find time for a round - and I'm on my treadmill and cross-trainer every day.
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The vocal chords are like most other muscles that need to be worked out.
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There are so many people getting dementia. It is like an epidemic now. It is a terrible disease because once you get it, your life changes completely.
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I have represented romance all my life. Some have called me the King of Romance.
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I hate holding grudges.
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Naughtiness is a part of growing up. It starts when you're a toddler and never ends.
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I still get nervous before every performance.
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I play golf and ride my motorcycle - my Harley - around the hills of California.
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I've seen many great performers on stage, from Dean Martin to Celine Dion, but nothing beats the first time I saw Elvis. There was no pomp, no pyrotechnics, nothing to distract you from the raw talent of the man in the white jumpsuit.
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I've had many highs in my career, and Eurovision has been a wonderful experience.
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My music has been my passport to the world, and it's been amazing for me.
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I can go in front of thousands of people on stage and not be afraid, but when there's just a few people, that scares me.
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I am a balladeer. People fall in love to ballads, and that is what makes the world go round.
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When the BBC approached me, it just felt right for me to be a part of an institution like Eurovision.
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There used to be Engelbert dolls with sideburns. Now they sell Elvis dolls with the sideburns, but I don't begrudge him that.
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I drink a lot of water and a lot of wine. I'm a wine drinker. Red wine, preferably.
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I have always looked after my little girl - my wife - and made sure she is in the safest hands possible at all times. She was always an unbelievably strong woman.
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The man who became a big influence in my life was Dean Martin. He started my career in Las Vegas. When I came to Las Vegas, he put his name on the marquee: 'Dean Martin presents Engelbert Humperdinck.' And I'm the only one he ever did that for.
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Elvis stole his sideburns from me.
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My first manager was Gordon Mills, who I'd met right at the beginning. We shared a flat in London and traveled with rock bands doing one-nighters. Later, he became a songwriter and manager whose stable was Tom Jones, Gilbert O'Sullivan, and myself.
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At first I thought I should be a second Beethoven; presently I found that to be another Schubert would be good; then gradually, satisfied with less and less, I resigned to be a Humperdinck.