Engelbert Humperdinck Quotes

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Engelbert Humperdinck

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 2, 1936

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.

Engelbert Humperdinck

I think it's important to have a sense of humor. You have to be able to laugh at yourself.

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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.

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

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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.

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Ghosts exist.

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

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

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

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I've had more paternity suits than casual suits.

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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.

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

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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 had a mustache for 10 years.

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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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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.

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

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

Engelbert Humperdinck

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.

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