I feel so proud of everything I have achieved and it is lovely that my soundtracks take people back to their first love or holiday.

Limahl

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I love to get out and see real life and to walk, which is why I love Venice so much - it's such a great walking city.

walk great love life

I am an emotional person, but I am not embarrassed by that.

person i-am embarrassed emotional

There's so many oldies stations with 'Never Ending Story' and 'Too Shy' on their playlists, thank God. People still love the songs.

thank-god god love people

I'm the first to poke fun at myself when it comes to the hair. I even ask the audience 'hands up who had big hair in the 80s?'.

myself hair fun hands

That had been a real problem for me in the past - meeting people that were opportunists, so I had a few bad experiences where I really believed people cared about me, but they didn't.

me problem people past

I always try to squeeze in the gym, even if it's just half an hour.

try always gym half

I'm a member of the National Trust. I absolutely love architecture, history, geography, the arts and culture. Oh, and I love gardens. I moved from London to Hertfordshire, so I could get a garden.

trust love culture history

Because I live in London I'm always at busy places like airports and gigs. When you're up in the mountains the air's so clean and there's nature and the awesomeness of the slopes. It makes me reflective and think about the bigger picture.

me you nature busy

I love London, even though the weather's not great. I've travelled the world and I've lived in Paris, Germany, Los Angeles and New York but I love the parks, the theatre and the Britishness and the way that all these communities have integrated.

great weather love world

I once had a gig in Gothenburg and went on the most unbelievable theme park ride, which was a rollercoaster built into a mountain that went through plants and tunnels. It was huge and a thrill to go on.

plants ride go mountain

I have phobias of everything you can name, but the problem with hypnotism is handing control over to someone else - and that is one of my phobias!

control name you problem

I have gained value like an antique. If there is an '80s event, I normally get the call and that is a nice problem to have.

value like nice problem

I'd given my life and my soul to Kajagoogoo and then after a cheap phone call, it was all over. I did cry and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Anybody is entitled to break down under those circumstances.

phone-call my-life soul life

I'm from Pemberton, Wigan, and was born into a poor family. I grew up on a council estate. My dad was at first in the Army and then in the coal mines. My mother had four children by the time she was 23 so money was always tight.

family money mother time

My siblings and I had to earn our own pocket money so from the age of about 10 I had a job. I did a paper round, helped with the farmer's delivery at the weekend, cut hedges for neighbours and worked on a market stall. Then I'd go and buy a record with my hard-won money.

farmer job money age

My career highs were definitely in 1983 and 1984, because Kajagoogoo's 'Too Shy,' which I co-wrote, went to number one in many countries and was top five in America. However, the band fired me in August 1983, so I was suddenly on my own as Limahl.

own me my-own shy

Yes, I would say I had quite a rough time from 1992 to 1996. After the highs of the Eighties, work became slow from around 1987 to around 1997. I was running a small recording studio in Shepherd's Bush but wasn't making a great deal from it.

small great work time

I cannot cook to save my life - I microwave everything or it's simply scrambled eggs on toast.

cannot my-life everything life

Haven't read a book for years - keep buying them and never getting round to reading them - I never seem to have the time.

never reading time book

I try not to think before sleep otherwise it keeps me awake - I usually stick on an episode of The Golden Girls which makes me laugh and have nicer dreams - I highly recommend it!

laugh dreams me sleep