Bonnie Tyler Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“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.”

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

“Thank God for Botox.”

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

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

“When I tour with the new album, I still do the classics, and I love the atmosphere it creates with the whole audience singing along.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 walk. Towards the end, she didn't know us. It came gradually, then it got worse.”

“I advise wannabe singers to form a band, practise in your garage if you have to, but do as many charity or open mic shows as possible to get experience. I sang for seven years before getting a record deal, and I was already loving what I was doing. I just got lucky and got discovered.”