Engelbert Humperdinck Quotes

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Engelbert Humperdinck

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 2, 1936

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.

Engelbert Humperdinck

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.

Engelbert Humperdinck

Fifty - it's going to be for the rest of my life. I'm going to count myself as a 50-year-old, sing like I'm 50, and act like I am, too. That's how I feel, and I believe if you have that frame of mind, it keeps you young.

Engelbert Humperdinck

My family has always been important to me.

Engelbert Humperdinck

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.

Engelbert Humperdinck

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.

Engelbert Humperdinck

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.

Engelbert Humperdinck

There used to be Engelbert dolls with sideburns. Now they sell Elvis dolls with the sideburns, but I don't begrudge him that.

Engelbert Humperdinck

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.

Engelbert Humperdinck

There is no harm in showing your feelings. It's not unmanly.

Engelbert Humperdinck

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.

Engelbert Humperdinck

I love what I do, and I'm glad that people still love what I do. I'm booked, I come there, I do my job, and I hope they like what I bring to them.

Engelbert Humperdinck

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.'

Engelbert Humperdinck

When I first started singing, I didn't know which direction to take - I sang rock & roll and all kinds of things.

Engelbert Humperdinck

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

Engelbert Humperdinck

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.

Engelbert Humperdinck

If you don't put out material that's going to last, you're not going to last.

Engelbert Humperdinck

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

Engelbert Humperdinck

If I'm in a city I haven't been in before, I believe if I go into a church and ask a favor, it will be granted. It's part of my belief, and that's what I do.

Engelbert Humperdinck