Engelbert Humperdinck Quotes
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'La Marseillaise' sounds best ringing around a packed sports stadium. Its lyrics evoke revolution, conflict, taking up arms, preparing for the fight - everything my music does not! Even in our largely peaceful times, it retains its rousing, martial air that gives it a power that hasn't diminished.
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Retirement has never entered my mind for one moment because I don't feel the age I am - and I don't act it, and I don't speak like it. When God calls me, that's when I stop. Until then, I'm going to just keep going.
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I'm very superstitious.
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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 still get nervous before every performance.
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The vocal chords are like most other muscles that need to be worked out.
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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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I like the name Engelbert. It's unusual. But Humperdinck? Not so much.
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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 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 hate holding grudges.
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My fans have supported me in concerts around the world regardless of how well my current album was selling.
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I've had many highs in my career, and Eurovision has been a wonderful experience.
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I have a very staunch following, and I've had fan clubs all over the world. And these people I term as my cheerleaders - my spark plugs.
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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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Elvis stole his sideburns from me.
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I learned a lot from Elvis. He never took his image seriously. So many performers today put their image before themselves. It can ruin them. Like Elvis, I never took my image seriously.
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In my early days, I sang rock stuff, but the career didn't kick until '67.
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I play golf and ride my motorcycle - my Harley - around the hills of California.
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There are times when adverse publicity has hit my life, but these things are the growing pains of showbiz marriage.
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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 am a balladeer. People fall in love to ballads, and that is what makes the world go round.
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My father was 91 when he passed away of natural causes, and my mother died aged 88. She had a heart condition and had many heart attacks throughout her life, but she had ten children, so that would have put a strain on her body.