Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyleris a Welsh singer. She is known for her distinctive husky voice, resulting from an operation to remove vocal nodules in the mid-1970s. Tyler came to prominence with the release of her 1977 album The World Starts Tonight and its singles "Lost in France" and "More Than a Lover". Her 1978 single "It's a Heartache" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth8 June 1951
CitySkewen, Wales
I love watching movies with happy endings or anything with Steve Martin or stuff like that.
I love eyeshadow, blushers, and eyelashes with lots of black liquid eyeliner.
I lost dozens of pairs of expensive glasses because I'd put them down and then not be able to find them again.
I collect traditional Aubusson tapestries that you can hang on a wall. The last lot I bought were from an antiques fair in London.
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.
We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life.
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.
It's really fantastic because families can come to my shows and they all like it. It's really weird.
I'm told sometimes I look like Goldie Hawn, and I get chuffed about that.
Holding a menu at arm's length, peering at anything that required reading, made me feel so old.
The international travelling gets harder as I get older, but when I'm performing on stage, it makes it all worth while.
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.
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.