Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.
Tom JonesAs for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.
Tom JonesComfort me by a solemn Assurance, that when the little Parlour in which I sit at this Instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished Box, I shall be read, with Honour, by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.
Tom JonesI couldn't do the heavy rock thing anymore. Noddy Holder was around kicking every singer in the ***. I never wanted to be a pop singer. Christ, how I hated Noddy!
Tom JonesWhen you first start off, I know singers who have only been in the business just a short amount of time, and they've already written their autobiography. I didn't want to write it too soon. I wanted to live a while and write about things that I felt were important to me - growing up in Wales, and the characters that I met and listened to.
Tom Jones