I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.
TOM JONES
TOM JONES
Tom Jones on marriage
Tom Jones32 quotes“I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.”
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Tom JonesTom Jones I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.
Tom JonesTom Jones I think when you’ve lived a bit, you read more into the songs. I do, anyway. And you’re sort of living the songs rather than performing them,
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Tom JonesTom Jones 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.
Tom JonesTom Jones It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man’s desire. Indeed it will…in a dull man.
Tom JonesTom Jones I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.
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Tom JonesTom Jones It’s not unusual to be loved by anyone, it’s not unusual to have fun with anyone. But when I see you hanging about with anyone, it’s not unusual to see me cry. I wanna’ die.
Tom JonesTom Jones To me when I hear a song, its a positive thing because it reminds me of when I started!
Tom JonesTom Jones I realize that singing is saving my life, once I started again.
Tom JonesTom Jones Time is a funny old thing isn’t it?! We are all surrounded by it!
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