A man can be as sexy as he wants to be.

I'm very superstitious.

Retirement has never entered my mind for one moment because I don't feel the age I am - and I don't act it, and I don't speak like it. When God calls me, that's when I stop. Until then, I'm going to just keep going.

'Driving Home For Christmas' is just a great Christmas song because people are in their cars and driving home.

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.

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.

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.

I'm a very good husband. And a very good father.

My fans have supported me in concerts around the world regardless of how well my current album was selling.

Eventually, when I recorded 'Release Me,' it sort of stamped my style, and I've followed in that vein ever since.

I hate holding grudges.

I do believe I did see UFOs, in Leicester.

The best feeling I get is when I walk on stage.

If I'm off the road, I get itchy feet. It's my work, my job.

I've always loved romantic songs.

I like the name Engelbert. It's unusual. But Humperdinck? Not so much.

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.

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 have a very good sense of humour. I love telling jokes, especially on the golf course.

There was a time I'd do 300 shows a year.

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.'

I have a nine handicap in golf - I can always find time for a round - and I'm on my treadmill and cross-trainer every day.

I thing Ed Sheeran is fantastic.

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 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.

I am a balladeer. People fall in love to ballads, and that is what makes the world go round.

The vocal chords are like most other muscles that need to be worked out.

When I'm performing, sometimes a lyric will touch on my personal life, and it can be difficult to sing. For instance, when I sing 'How I Love You,' I'll choke up.

My family has always been important to me.

I don't put faces on a dartboard. I just love the game, and I think I play it very well.

When people hear romantic songs, they fall in love.

Do you know what they say about big hands? Big gloves!

There used to be Engelbert dolls with sideburns. Now they sell Elvis dolls with the sideburns, but I don't begrudge him that.

I like Bruno Mars a lot. I think he's great.

My music has been my passport to the world, and it's been amazing for me.

I don't take my image seriously. I make fun of the fact that some people think I'm a romantic figure.

I've had many highs in my career, and Eurovision has been a wonderful experience.

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.

There is no harm in showing your feelings. It's not unmanly.

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.

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 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.

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 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 don't want to slow down. It's my life. I love being on the road and giving concerts.

When I first started singing, I didn't know which direction to take - I sang rock & roll and all kinds of things.

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.

If you don't put out material that's going to last, you're not going to last.

I think it's important to have a sense of humor. You have to be able to laugh at yourself.

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.