Top 70 Engelbert Humperdinck Quotes

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.’

I don’t put faces on a dartboard. I just love the game, and I think I play it very well.

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.

I always take a hot shower before I go onstage. It’s so refreshing. I let the steam into my throat. That’s the way I warm up my vocal cords – in the shower. I start by humming and then finally singing.

‘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.

When I’m performing, sometimes a lyric will touch on my personal life, and it can be difficult to sing. For instance, when I sing ‘How I Love You,’ I’ll choke up.

If I’m off the road, I get itchy feet. It’s my work, my job.

I am not a circus performer.

I have dreams where everything will disappear or go away, so I’m always working harder each year.

As long as I can make albums, I will.

I’ve had more paternity suits than casual suits.

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.

My fans have supported me in concerts around the world regardless of how well my current album was selling.

I am a balladeer. People fall in love to ballads, and that is what makes the world go round.

I’ve been to New Zealand before, many times. And of course it has a significance to me because I do have something that’s very special in New Zealand. I have ’10 Guitars,’ which is a very popular song, and I understand it’s like the second national anthem over there.

When the BBC approached me, it just felt right for me to be a part of an institution like Eurovision.

I have a very good sense of humour. I love telling jokes, especially on the golf course.

I’ve always loved romantic songs.

‘Driving Home For Christmas’ is just a great Christmas song because people are in their cars and driving home.

In my early days, I sang rock stuff, but the career didn’t kick until ’67.

I hate holding grudges.

There are times when adverse publicity has hit my life, but these things are the growing pains of showbiz marriage.

I don’t think you should rely on medicine. I think you should rely upon herbal doctors, acupuncture, and doctors outside the medical world, with different kinds and forms of treatment.

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.

My first manager chose the name Engelbert Humperdinck for me. My real name is Arnold George Dorsey. It didn’t really quite hit the entertainment industry the way it should have. But when my manager chose the name Engelbert Humperdinck, I had a hit record immediately, which was called ‘Release Me.’

I thing Ed Sheeran is fantastic.

The best feeling I get is when I walk on stage.

I don’t have the slightest idea of how to do vocal exercises or scales or anything like that, but I did always know to breath properly from the stomach. I’m a pop singer and never really felt I needed more.

At seventeen years old, I found out I could sing, and I got up and sang in a club, and I got a big hand, and I thought, ‘I’m gonna continue this.’ So that’s how it all began.

Elvis stole his sideburns from me.

There was a time I’d do 300 shows a year.

I think prayer is one of the greatest healers around, more than medication.

My job is to entertain people and make them happy. I’m blessed to be able to do that.

I always feel discontent, like there’s somewhere else to go, somewhere else to be. I’m a very ambitious person.

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.

I’ve had many highs in my career, and Eurovision has been a wonderful experience.

When people hear romantic songs, they fall in love.

I don’t take my image seriously. I make fun of the fact that some people think I’m a romantic figure.

I had tuberculosis in my mid-20s. I didn’t have much work, was living in a damp London basement in a sleeping bag, and ate only every other day. I looked rough and felt very run down.

I know I haven’t spent a lot of time with my children because my job takes me all over the world and takes me away from my children, but I’ve given them a good education and security. If anything happens to me, my children’s future is well-secured. So I think I’ve done well as a father.

My family has always been important to me.

I am a faith healer. My prayers have immense power, which I utilise whenever I can.

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.

I’m very superstitious.

In the end, I didn’t think I was good enough to use sax as a stage performer to get where I wanted, and thank God I chose my voice as my instrument instead. You need to be honest with yourself, and I was.

Naughtiness is a part of growing up. It starts when you’re a toddler and never ends.

I do like rude jokes. They’re men jokes.

I play golf and ride my motorcycle – my Harley – around the hills of California.

Eventually, when I recorded ‘Release Me,’ it sort of stamped my style, and I’ve followed in that vein ever since.

I try to keep myself young as possible. I vow to never let my hair go grey.

I don’t want to slow down. It’s my life. I love being on the road and giving concerts.

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.

I played to the biggest audience I’ve ever played to in my life in New Zealand. I couldn’t see the end of the crowd. I understand it was over 200,000 people in a park somewhere.

I was very unsure of myself when I was young and an ugly little beggar with protruding teeth, so I used to lie on them at night to try to straighten them.

In my concerts, I’m always doing new songs, so someone seeing me for the first time or many times before will be pleasantly surprised and hopefully entertained.

The job of an artist is to entertain and not get involved with politics. We give the people in the countries we are visiting a good show – that’s the purpose of an entertainer.

I never wanted to be a movie star because it takes up too much of your time. I prefer the style of touring and making new music.

From me growing up with a large family and everybody singing around the Christmas tree, it was a wonderful, wonderful upbringing.

I’m a very good husband. And a very good father.

I have represented romance all my life. Some have called me the ‘King of Romance.’

The vocal chords are like most other muscles that need to be worked out.

My music has been my passport to the world, and it’s been amazing for me.

I like the name Engelbert. It’s unusual. But Humperdinck? Not so much.

I like Bruno Mars a lot. I think he’s great.

I bought Jayne Mansfield’s mansion in L.A. after her death. I had met her in England and remembered her perfume. When I moved in, I could smell her, and I saw her apparition.

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.

Do you know what they say about big hands? Big gloves!

When I walk on stage, it’s a release valve for me. Life is stressful anyway, so therefore, when I walk on stage, it releases all those stressful situations, and I feel good about myself.

I love to smile. I love to laugh. I like to hear jokes. For instance, when I’m on the road, every night I watch ‘Seinfeld.’ I find it somewhere. I think it’s so funny, and I watch the repeats over and over again.

I drink a lot of water and a lot of wine. I’m a wine drinker. Red wine, preferably.