Tom Jones Quotations

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 didn't have to play rugby that well, and I didn't have to play cricket that well, because I had this voice.

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

I think the first time I ever wore a tuxedo was when I played at the Talk Of The Town in 1967, because it was a nightclub and that was the thing to do.

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

I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening.

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

When I started recording, I thought I'd be able to do all kinds of records: jazz, country, dance - and I've always wanted to do a gospel album.

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.

As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.

Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12.

I like to drink to suit my location.

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

Dean Martin always dressed very well but then he was a good looking fella with a good physique so he could wear anything.

I haven't become an American! Having a house in LA is just where the house is. It's just a convenience thing living there. I carry Wales around inside me. I'd consider moving back there one day. I never really left.

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.

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

I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.

I think teen-age love is a great thing. There's nothing quite like it and never will be for the rest of your life.

I'm a lyric man - I'm always looking for meaningful songs.

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

I've always worn jewellery but for a time it went out of fashion. Like grungy and punk bands didn't wear jewellery because it was stupid.

My real name was Thomas Jones Woodward, so I dropped the Woodward.

I have had some pretty wild nights! I think the media keeps a very close eye on what people are up to these days. I was out with George Clooney a few nights ago and we had a great time.

I've tried wearing more than one ring on one hand and it doesn't look good. It's overkill, I think. So I think a ring on either hand. Nine times out of ten I'll go for pinky rings, but not always.

So when I realised I could sing for a living - do what I loved and be paid for it - I thought, 'This is unbelievable. Unbelievable!' And that feeling has never left me.

We are looking forward to this weekend's meet. The University of New Mexico has a lot of great teams coming in, and we will use this as a gauge against teams we don't go up against week-in and week out during the year.

We want to test ourselves, see the progress we've made against bodies other than the UB offense and get a feel for where we are, what we need to do, and take it into the season.

Let's not complain about why things don't work. Let's see if we can come up with something that we can all get behind.

Shannon kept throwing that rise ball, and we kept fishing for it. We had our opportunities.

Shannon did a nice job today. We had some rabbits out there to help her out there on the track. I'm very pleased with her.

No one individual or group wants to be in-politically correct, so they leave it alone.

Music is great; it all depends on what mood you're in, what you want to listen to. If it's party time, you listen to, you know, party music, if you want to dance with somebody. But then again, if it's a slow dance, you need something slow.

Music rounds out a student completely. We're trying to educate a whole person here; it carries over into their other academics, the discipline, the attention to detail and the focus.

Rich went to the first show last year (in Houston) and came back all enthused. Basically, he planned most of the year for it.

I don't know for sure if he'll go on a mission. But it's something he has said he wants to do, and he wants to have that option when it's time to decide.

Basically, those who want a custom-made bike deal with him (Adams) and the sales aspects go through our retail side. There are less than 10 businesses in the United States that have this combination.

He hasn't given me any real hints. But I know BYU and Arizona State are both schools he's giving a lot of thought to.

He is definitely tapping into a younger age base. Some of his peers have been building for 30 years and they tend to attract an older client base. He's part of a new breed of bicycle frame builders that is interpreting the growing custom bicycle market with fresh designs such as the single speed and bike messenger styles.

Here we're playing a team that went to a bowl game last year - and won. That's a confident group. They're like 11-2 at home the past couple of years or something. They're used to playing well at home, it's going to be a big crowd and I know they're going to be excited. It's going to be a great test for us to play in that environment.

Hopefully, we can use the smaller building to work out of while they renovate the bigger building. They have a 165-seat auditorium, so we can use it for some programs.

I always feel a bit guilty when Catherine Zeta Jones talks to me and I can't converse with her in Welsh.

Our kids have gotten a lot healthier since the fall. We're getting a little healthier each week, and each week we are getting more fit. I expect to see some more NCAA provisional and automatic marks in the upcoming weeks.

Our offense is capable of making big plays. We want everything to be a big play. With players like Stanley, Mike (Martinez) and Alex, we are a big-play offense. We aren't going to grind it out on you.

My worry is that if we stand down the shuttles entirely and something drastic happens on the space station, like a debris strike, for instance, the Russian support ships won't be able to respond. You can't do repairs up there without a shuttle.

I thought it was very positive. They're pleased with the progress they've made in the past six years, and they've performed some miracles in energizing learning.

We just allowed too many base runners. When you're not hitting, you can't afford to do that. Their fast start limited what we could do.

We can start using that building for special events on weekends and some of the upcoming holidays, maybe start a community orchestra or community choir.

We have the expectation that we are going to run our best time this weekend. There's no reason not to be psyched up.

We are obviously going to get it open as soon as we can and we will have to wait to see for safety purposes.

We had some improvements today. We are getting a little bit better each meet. We know that we have to get a lot better before the conference and NCAA meets. We competed in a great facility, and the trip out to Albuquerque wasn't as long as I thought it would be.

We can't put the kids in that situation; it's just too dangerous. And it's secondary. With what the people down there are dealing with, that's the main priority, not a football game.

We're restricting a person's right to sell. It's a minefield when you start going into that area.

To me, that was a function of them working efficiently together. But also with the community being willing to lock arms with the schools. We know that if kids don't go to school, it's not just your problem, it's everybody's problem. So I consider that part of it.

We were extremely pleased with the quantity and quality of business plan summaries we received for consideration and we were challenged to narrow the field to a manageable number to accommodate the logistics of the fair. Each of the presenting companies has a compelling business plan and we expect to see angel investors giving a good, hard look at each of these deals during the Angel Fair.

We will up our competition every meet, and next weekend's is one of the tougher ones we'll have this year with three of the top five or six teams in the country coming in. We have a long way to go, and we have to get some girls healthy.

Cooking was his passion. He lived in the kitchen, practically.

Things are going great. We have everything open except for approximately 12,000 square feet in the back southeast corner of the building. It's walled off, and it's a construction zone behind there.

I've never seen anyone with the natural ability of Stanley and the vision Stanley has. The combination of the speed and power and ability to make any play a big play.

That's when the cleanup and work began. We started with general cleaning and getting things back in shape.

You're dealing with a new society of kids, kids who will shoot you to get ahead.

The whole enforcement of the ADA is through the courts. Somebody might not be in compliance for years, but if nobody brings a suit, then it may never come to light.

This is a big thing for us. It's been an interesting recruiting process. We've had so many coaches come through here looking at kids.

They didn't have anything at the time for him, so they said. This guy was clearly disappointed.

It's just a great city. A good place to come.

It really hit me in the gut, because I hadn't really done anything affirmative, to sort of grab the president and shake some sense into him. So this had happened on my watch.

It's going to be a very competitive meet. We're definitely going to find out where we are.

The numbers are disappointing when it's all said and done, if we reduce (traffic) by 15 percent.

The big quality he has that will help him is reading defenses and making decision. There are quarterbacks out there that are bigger than he is and have stronger arms.

The best thing is that there were no injuries.

I'm sure you can find non-compliance, but most of the large properties are in compliance.

I knew that lead wasn't safe. Erin threw well, but she wasn't at her best.

I'm very excited. Most of the kids are about one month behind in training due to injuries. We're going to run faster later.

If you look at most of the communities where poverty exists, it's predominantly black. It's not happening in Hyde Park. It's happening in predominantly black neighborhoods. What else would you expect to see other than black-on-black crimes?

I love seeing the Queen and I have always been a royalist. She is lovely and she still is lovely.

I hear a lot of people say buyouts are not the answer to the flooding problem and it's not, but it's the only thing we can get our hands on now, ... Whether their homes cost $30,000 or $300,000 this should be made available to them.

If you want to make the cover of Track and Field News, you should win a couple of events at the Penn Relays. It's a preview of the NCAA meet to some degree. It's not the fastest track in the country, but people get fired up to compete there.

I reached back and felt something tap my elbow. I looked and this was what was behind me.

Because the shuttle is docked, it wouldn't be able to go after them if they got away.

How many opportunities have to be passed up?

The elementary schools are doing a great job, but the middle schools are losing future music students.

The indoor season is a building process. We are hoping to get a little bit better this week and get set for our ultimate goal, which is the conference and NCAA meets.

And it works the other way, too. You can make mistakes, and the weather may rescue you.

The church is in the process of removing the pews. They'll be gone within two weeks.

The first quarter was like a boxing match, with a big punch here, and a punch there.

Whenever I've been asked to be in a film, directors only want me to play myself... I'm fascinated by the thought of being an actor, but it's too hard. And I think Shakespeare-which has been suggested to me-might be a bit of a stretch.

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.

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

There is nothing like the sound of a Welsh Male Choir and the Treorchy is the finest. They have represented the best of the Welsh voice for generations with honour and integrity. They are international ambassadors.

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.

People who go out and do hits year after year after year, I think the fans deserve more than that. The audiences deserve more than just that. You need to give them something new, or things you really love to sing. And they love it.

I want to find out more about how the Backstreet Boys get their incredible sound. I've got both their albums and I would love to cover one of their songs

I couldn't do the heavy rock thing anymore. Noddy Holder was around kicking every singer in the ***. I never wanted to be a pop singer. Christ, how I hated Noddy!

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

I think the people who really love the way somebody sings, they like to hear it. As long as you don't change your style completely or do something that has nothing to do with what you're known for, which I don't agree with.

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

I realize that singing is saving my life, once I started again.

Comfort me by a solemn Assurance, that when the little Parlour in which I sit at this Instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished Box, I shall be read, with Honour, by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.

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

When you first start off, I know singers who have only been in the business just a short amount of time, and they've already written their autobiography. I didn't want to write it too soon. I wanted to live a while and write about things that I felt were important to me - growing up in Wales, and the characters that I met and listened to.