Top 35 Bonnie Tyler Quotes

I was born Gaynor Hopkins, one of seven children. My mum, Elsie, and dad, Glyndwr, always said they had seven children, although my sister Paulene was stillborn.

I’ve been singing since I was 16 because I love it – I wanted to be a singer, not a star. There’s a difference between wanting to be famous and wanting to sing well.

I’m always buying nice watches for my husband – Bentley Breitlings.

I love watching movies with happy endings or anything with Steve Martin or stuff like that.

I love Tina Turner. I’m one of Tina Turner’s biggest fans. Tina Turner was a big influence on me to become a singer. A role model and in a way she gave me back my confidence in choosing my material.

I never enjoyed making videos, even though the ‘Total Eclipse’ video was nominated for a Grammy along with the song. We lost out to the ‘Billie Jean’ video.

I love my nice things, but I’m still the Welsh family girl.

The best thing about success was being able to buy my parents a house.

I’m always late to bed – usually after midnight – but then I sleep for around ten hours.

I started singing when I was 18 and landed my first record deal with RCA when I was 26 after a lot of grafting singing in pubs and clubs.

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.

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

I collect traditional Aubusson tapestries that you can hang on a wall. The last lot I bought were from an antiques fair in London.

In 1983 I’d had a number one. I’d sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.

I am very fortunate to be doing something I completely love, so it is certainly not hard to get motivated. Watching people sing along and put their hands in the air is a very powerful thing. I’m 63, but I don’t feel it. I feel like I’m in my 40s. I enjoy life.

You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous.

I would love to do a Bond song, and I could have done a Bond song: I was offered a Bond theme, but I turned it down because I didn’t like the song. But as it turned out, I was right anyway because the song was the only Bond theme that never became a hit, so I’m glad I wasn’t associated with that!

I haven’t had a big hit record in America since 1987.

I remember when the Atkins diet arrived; I lost 16 lb in the first month, but when I stopped, it all went back on again.

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.

My mother, who died aged 82, had Alzheimer’s. Losing your memory is bad enough, but everything shuts down. You can’t remember how to eat or go to the toilet. It’s a terrible disease and so distressing to watch it take over someone you love.

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 staying true to yourself.

So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush.

Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well.

I wear my heart on my sleeve.

I still love to do the old songs. I know some people don’t.

We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life.

When I was young, I used to wear a lot of wigs, and I was running on stage at a gig and tripped over and it fell off. It was in the 1970s, and Swansea were doing really well in the league, and most of the team were there. I almost died, but I picked it up, put it back on my head and carried on.

I lost dozens of pairs of expensive glasses because I’d put them down and then not be able to find them again.

I love eyeshadow, blushers, and eyelashes with lots of black liquid eyeliner.

Thank God for Botox.

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

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 fall off.

I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don’t seek it, it’s always with you.

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.