Bonnie Tyler Professions : Singer Born : June 8, 1951 Browse All Authors Top 36 quotes by Bonnie Tyler My mum was a wonderful mother. She died, aged 80, of Alzheimer's disease, which was dreadful to watch. I remember she said to me: 'Believe in yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.' I'm sure a lot of my success is due to her words of advice. Bonnie Tyler me believe-in-yourself mother success 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. Bonnie Tyler yourself you time people 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. Bonnie Tyler i-am enjoy-life love life I love eyeshadow, blushers, and eyelashes with lots of black liquid eyeliner. Bonnie Tyler i-love eyelashes black love 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. Bonnie Tyler top hero wind fall Holding a menu at arm's length, peering at anything that required reading, made me feel so old. Bonnie Tyler old feel me reading 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. Bonnie Tyler doing you singing voice I love my nice things, but I'm still the Welsh family girl. Bonnie Tyler family nice girl love 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 out for a Hero' and 'Lost in France,' and this gives me so much joy on stage. Bonnie Tyler me hero heart people I don't do every song that comes my way; I'm very choosy. Bonnie Tyler every very song way 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. Bonnie Tyler walk pain mother people My voice was left with its husky sound after surgery on large vocal nodules. Bonnie Tyler surgery left voice sound 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. Bonnie Tyler diet back lost remember I'd be happy to live till 80 as long as I was comfortable and in good health. Mind you, ask me again on the eve of my 80th birthday. Even so, I hope we don't all start living to be 120. I'm not sure I'd cope with another 60 years. Bonnie Tyler good me hope birthday 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. Bonnie Tyler me singing mother time We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life. Bonnie Tyler my-life great time life Similar Authors Bert McCracken singer Betty Carter singer Bing Crosby singer Brian Fallon singer Brooke Allison singer Brook Benton singer All Authors