Top 102 Quotes & Sayings by Engelbert Humperdinck

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

I had a home in Las Vegas for about eight years, starting in 1978.

I am not a circus performer.

When I first got successful, I was particularly aware of being immaculate at all times, so I would get on a plane in one outfit, and get off in another. It doesn't happen in today's world, but when you are met by the press at both ends, you do have to.

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

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've always believed applause is food for an artist.

Elvis stole his sideburns from me.

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

I've had Harleys on both sides of the Atlantic, so I'm a lover of a Harley motorcycle.

The pomp, power, and military bombast of 'La Marseillaise' draws me into the history of France and my own. The surname I was born with was French: D'Orsay; perhaps an ancestor was amongst those troops that marched to this evocative anthem for the first time as they entered Paris 200 years ago!

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.

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.

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.

I do believe I did see UFOs, in Leicester.

I've had more paternity suits than casual suits.

When I'm working, I always eat around 5:30-6 P.M. I don't eat anything after that because I don't think you should put anything into your body before bed.

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

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

Ghosts exist.

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.

I still get nervous before every performance.

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.

I really enjoy what I do. And if you want a lasting career, you have to work at it. Keep it current. Keep it fresh.

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 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'm a very good husband. And a very good father.

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.

Gene Simmons and I look so much alike!

I've always loved romantic songs.

The Walker Brothers, they were a talented pair of people. I thought that Scott had a very fine voice.

I had a mustache for 10 years.

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

I thing Ed Sheeran is fantastic.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

As long as I can make albums, I will.

I don't ever want to think my time is up as a performer. I have been afforded the opportunity to sell 150 million albums, to travel to places I never thought I would go. I'm going to keep on performing. I hope it never ends.

A man can be as sexy as he wants to be.

'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.

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

I'm very superstitious.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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 hate holding grudges.

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

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.

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

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.

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