Engelbert Humperdinck

“I hate holding grudges.”

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

“I play golf and ride my motorcycle - my Harley - around the hills of California.”

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

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

“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.”

“My first manager chose the name Engelbert Humperdinck for me. My real name is Arnold George Dorsey. It didn't really quite hit the entertainment industry the way it should have. But when my...”

“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, b...”

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

“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 had a mustache for 10 years.”

“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 po...”

“In my concerts, I'm always doing new songs, so someone seeing me for the first time or many times before will be pleasantly surprised and hopefully entertained.”

“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 fel...”

“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 repeat...”

“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 yourse...”

“At seventeen years old, I found out I could sing, and I got up and sang in a club, and I got a big hand, and I thought, 'I'm gonna continue this.' So that's how it all began.”

“Eventually, when I recorded 'Release Me,' it sort of stamped my style, and I've followed in that vein ever since.”

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

“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.”