Tom Jones

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“Deep in Decemberit's nice to remember without a hurt the heart is hollow.”

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

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

“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.”

“I like to drink to suit my location.”

“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 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.”