A biography for Engelbert Humperdinckhasn’t been written yet.
“My music has been my passport to the world, and it's been amazing for me.”
“I was very unsure of myself when I was young and an ugly little beggar with protruding teeth, so I used to lie on them at night to try to straighten them.”
“The man who became a big influence in my life was Dean Martin. He started my career in Las Vegas. When I came to Las Vegas, he put his name on the marquee: 'Dean Martin presents Engelbert Humperdinck.' And I'm the only one he ever did that for.”
“The pomp, power, and military bombast of 'La Marseillaise' draws me into the history of France and my own. The surname I was born with was French: D'Orsay; perhaps an ancestor was amongst those troops that marched to this evocative anthem for the first time as they entered Paris 200 years ago!”
“If I'm off the road, I get itchy feet. It's my work, my job.”
“I like the name Engelbert. It's unusual. But Humperdinck? Not so much.”
“I do believe I did see UFOs, in Leicester.”
“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.”
“As long as I can make albums, I will.”
“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.”
“I don't take my image seriously. I make fun of the fact that some people think I'm a romantic figure.”
“The Walker Brothers, they were a talented pair of people. I thought that Scott had a very fine voice.”
“I never wanted to be a movie star because it takes up too much of your time. I prefer the style of touring and making new music.”
“I try to keep myself young as possible. I vow to never let my hair go grey.”
“There are times when adverse publicity has hit my life, but these things are the growing pains of showbiz marriage.”
“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.”
“When I'm working, I always eat around 5:30-6 P.M. I don't eat anything after that because I don't think you should put anything into your body before bed.”
“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.”
“I know I haven't spent a lot of time with my children because my job takes me all over the world and takes me away from my children, but I've given them a good education and security. If anything happens to me, my children's future is well-secured. So I think I've done well as a father.”
“I always take a hot shower before I go onstage. It's so refreshing. I let the steam into my throat. That's the way I warm up my vocal cords - in the shower. I start by humming and then finally singing.”