Tom Jones Quotes

It's not unusual to be loved by anyone, it's not unusual to have fun with anyone. But when I see you hanging about with anyone, it's not unusual to see me cry. I wanna' die.

Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That's why I love vegetables, you know what they're about!

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.

I think when you've lived a bit, you read more into the songs. I do, anyway. And you're sort of living the songs rather than performing them.

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

Elvis was always over the top. That's why he had that gold lamé suit! He designed his jumpsuits himself. He always said, "If you're going to be a star, you should look like one."

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will...in a dull man.

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

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

I would want to be known as a great singer; that the records I've made and the performances that I've done to be remembered. But the voice is the most important thing. The showmanship goes along with it. But I want to be remembered for my vocal ability.

I was full of fire when I was young. I wanted to attack anything.

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

You are only a young talent, but we don't know how old your soul is.

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

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.

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.

Try to remember the kind of September When life was slow and oh so mellow. Try to remember the kind of September When grass was green and grain was yellow. Try to remember the kind of September When you were a tender and callow fellow. Try to remember and if you remember then follow follow.

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.

People never talked about my music. They just counted how many knickers were on stage.

I like to drink to suit my location.

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

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

When I started off in Wales, I sang and accompanied myself with guitar in the '50s. And then I got a band together, which is a rhythm section, really. I used to do a lot of blues, and rhythm and blues, and '50s rock 'n' roll and country, and all kinds of stuff.

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.

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