Top 25 Tom Jones Quotes

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.

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 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’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.

I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening.

I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.

I’m a lyric man – I’m always looking for meaningful songs.

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.

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

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

Music is great; it all depends on what mood you’re in, what you want to listen to. If it’s party time, you listen to, you know, party music, if you want to dance with somebody. But then again, if it’s a slow dance, you need something slow.

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 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 liked to dance – I’ve got a natural rhythm.

Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.

So when I realised I could sing for a living – do what I loved and be paid for it – I thought, ‘This is unbelievable. Unbelievable!’ And that feeling has never left 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.

My real name was Thomas Jones Woodward, so I dropped the Woodward.

I don’t think you can sing about certain things when you’re a teen-ager or in your early 20s, because you haven’t lived long enough. So I think living gives you character and that comes out in your voice.

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

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.

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.

You can’t be a sexy person unless you have something sexy to offer. With me, it’s my voice: the way that I sing, the way I express myself when I sing.

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.

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