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" I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more. "
Tom Jones
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Myself
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I've always liked to dance - I've got a natural rhythm. "
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" I like to drink to suit my location. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a lyric man - I'm always looking for meaningful songs. "
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" My real name was Thomas Jones Woodward, so I dropped the Woodward. "
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" Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself. "
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" Dean Martin always dressed very well but then he was a good looking fella with a good physique so he could wear anything. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12. "
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" 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. "
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" First of all, I love singing. I mean, I get out of bed and I sing. I can't help it. "
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" Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing. "
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" 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. "
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" I didn't have to play rugby that well, and I didn't have to play cricket that well, because I had this voice. "
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" I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening. "
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" I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner. "
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" I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and you sing it. I always liked singing on my own. "
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