Quotes by Bonnie Tyler

About Bonnie Tyler:

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh singer. She spent seven years performing in pubs and clubs around South Wales before being signed to RCA Records in 1975. Tyler is known for her distinctive husky voice, resulting from an operation to remove vocal nodules in the mid-1970s.
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I'm always late to bed - usually after midnight - but then I sleep for around ten hours.

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I loved Katrina and the Waves.

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I'm always buying nice watches for my husband - Bentley Breitlings.

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It's really fantastic because families can come to my shows and they all like it. It's really weird.

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I'm told sometimes I look like Goldie Hawn, and I get chuffed about that.

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The international travelling gets harder as I get older, but when I'm performing on stage, it makes it all worth while.

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My voice was left with its husky sound after surgery on large vocal nodules.

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Whenever I sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' the way people sing along with me still excites me. It's one of the songs that audiences know all the lyrics to, and they sing along with me, and it makes me so happy. People also know my songs 'Holding o...

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We stay in U2's hotel. They bought a hotel, The Clarence, a nice place and it's in an area where everything's happening, so many fantastic restaurants and bars and the people are so friendly.

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Alzheimer's is a horrible thing. Some people are naive about it. They think, 'Oh it's just your memory,' but my mother was in terrible pain. Your body closes down. She didn't know if she'd eaten or if she wanted to eat. She couldn't remember how to w...

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I used to carry a bag of records down to my friend's house every Friday, and we'd sit down and play all the records I loved, and we'd look at the album covers.

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I am going to keep on singing. I have no intention of retiring. Actually, I always wonder whether people know my songs in the different countries I visit. I feel nervous over whether they will sing along with me or not.

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My father used to tape 'Top of the Pops' for me every Sunday, and I would sit in my bedroom, write down the lyrics of all of my favourite songs, and sing along. I was always singing in my bedroom with a hairbrush.

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When I did the video for 'Holding Out For A Hero,' we filmed that on top of the Grand Canyon, and that was quite frightening. I was close to the edge, and there was a helicopter hovering about, creating a lot of wind, and I was nervous I was going to...

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When I was in the recording studio, I needed to concentrate on what my voice was doing, which is rather difficult if you can't actually see what you are supposed to be singing.

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I've been around for such a long time. My first hit record was over 20 years ago and the people who bought my records then are married now and they probably still play these records and their children like them.

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Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one.

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I never forget the first time I was on 'Top of the Pops', my bass player said: 'You've made it!' I did used to think, when I was younger, that I'd be on there one day.

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My mother was the only one who encouraged and inspired me for singing. She was singing all the time in the house, playing records also.

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I've been successful, but I haven't had any unwanted attention. To be honest, I've never invited or courted attention. I think if you act normal, then people will treat you normally. If you go around with a big entourage all the time, you're not stay...

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I went to all the shops in the village looking for work. I didn't have any qualifications. I ended up working in a grocery shop for about a year and then went to a confectioner, where I earned three pounds 10 shillings. I gave the money to my mother ...

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Author Bio

  • NameBonnie Tyler
  • DescriptionWelsh singer
  • AliasesGaynor Hopkins
  • BornJune 8, 1951
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionSinger
  • AwardsSteiger Award