If I'm in a city I haven't been in before, I believe if I go into a church and ask a favor, it will be granted. It's part of my belief, and that's what I do.
— Engelbert Humperdinck
I think it's important to have a sense of humor. You have to be able to laugh at yourself.
The job of an artist is to entertain and not get involved with politics. We give the people in the countries we are visiting a good show - that's the purpose of an entertainer.
I don't want to slow down. It's my life. I love being on the road and giving concerts.
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.
There is no harm in showing your feelings. It's not unmanly.
There used to be Engelbert dolls with sideburns. Now they sell Elvis dolls with the sideburns, but I don't begrudge him that.
I don't think you should rely on medicine. I think you should rely upon herbal doctors, acupuncture, and doctors outside the medical world, with different kinds and forms of treatment.
Fifty - it's going to be for the rest of my life. I'm going to count myself as a 50-year-old, sing like I'm 50, and act like I am, too. That's how I feel, and I believe if you have that frame of mind, it keeps you young.
There's something very special about playing Las Vegas, and I never tire of being here.
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 have dreams where everything will disappear or go away, so I'm always working harder each year.
I am a balladeer. People fall in love to ballads, and that is what makes the world go round.
I like the name Engelbert. It's unusual. But Humperdinck? Not so much.
I've had more paternity suits than casual suits.
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 learned a lot from Elvis. He never took his image seriously. So many performers today put their image before themselves. It can ruin them. Like Elvis, I never took my image seriously.
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 repeats over and over again.
My music has been my passport to the world, and it's been amazing for me.
I like Bruno Mars a lot. I think he's great.
I have a very staunch following, and I've had fan clubs all over the world. And these people I term as my 'cheerleaders' - my 'spark plugs.'
I played to the biggest audience I've ever played to in my life in New Zealand. I couldn't see the end of the crowd. I understand it was over 200,000 people in a park somewhere.
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, but when you are met by the press at both ends, you do have to.
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 think prayer is one of the greatest healers around, more than medication.
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.
I have represented romance all my life. Some have called me the 'King of Romance.'
My fans have supported me in concerts around the world regardless of how well my current album was selling.
I had a mustache for 10 years.
There are times when adverse publicity has hit my life, but these things are the growing pains of showbiz marriage.
My job is to entertain people and make them happy. I'm blessed to be able to do that.
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 manager chose the name Engelbert Humperdinck, I had a hit record immediately, which was called 'Release Me.'
A man can be as sexy as he wants to be.
Gene Simmons and I look so much alike!
I don't take my image seriously. I make fun of the fact that some people think I'm a romantic figure.
If you don't put out material that's going to last, you're not going to last.
When I first started singing, I didn't know which direction to take - I sang rock & roll and all kinds of things.
I love what I do, and I'm glad that people still love what I do. I'm booked, I come there, I do my job, and I hope they like what I bring to them.
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 popular song, and I understand it's like the second national anthem over there.
Do you know what they say about big hands? Big gloves!
There are so many people getting dementia. It is like an epidemic now. It is a terrible disease because once you get it, your life changes completely.
My family has always been important to me.
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 felt I needed more.
When people hear romantic songs, they fall in love.
I've always believed applause is food for an artist.
I've seen many great performers on stage, from Dean Martin to Celine Dion, but nothing beats the first time I saw Elvis. There was no pomp, no pyrotechnics, nothing to distract you from the raw talent of the man in the white jumpsuit.
I am not a circus performer.
I can go in front of thousands of people on stage and not be afraid, but when there's just a few people, that scares me.
I'm a very good husband. And a very good father.
I don't ever want to think my time is up as a performer. I have been afforded the opportunity to sell 150 million albums, to travel to places I never thought I would go. I'm going to keep on performing. I hope it never ends.
