Welsh - Musician | June 7, 1940 -
You can't be a sexy person unless you have something sexy to offer. With me, it's my voice: the way that I sing, the way I express myself when I sing.
Tom Jones
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I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.
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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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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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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 got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.
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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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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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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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My real name was Thomas Jones Woodward, so I dropped the Woodward.
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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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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.
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