Bonnie Tyler Quotes

It's honestly every time that I'm doing something, and every time I visit a station and hear my song on the radio and people buying my stuff, I'm like 'Are you kidding me? This is insane!'

I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.

Will.i.am and I performed at Wango Tango. That's when my daughter said that I had made it in music.

It wasn't the muso thing that got me recognition in the beginning. It was doing 'Wild Thing.'

The first time someone asked us for an autograph was the moment we realized we were doing something that most people spend their teenage years dreaming about, for sure.

I went from playing for nobody and having awkward experiences at award shows to now being all over the place playing sold-out shows for people who know all of the words.

We were up for a Grammy, we sold millions of records and we toured the world I don't know how many times. It was insane.

The ultimate revenge is being on Top Of The Pops.

Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?

After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.

Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.

'Never Gonna Give You Up' in 1987 was a huge international hit followed by several more, and while I appreciated how lucky I was, it catapulted me into a completely new world and simply took over my life.

I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That's the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

Since I was, like, an infant... I remember being in love with television. I loved listening to music. I wanted to be on records, and I wanted to be on TV.

Being on the Hot 100 is absolutely amazing.

I never thought that I would have the No 1 song in the world.

When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'

I always said that I want to sell out Madison Square Garden before I turn 21.

Our goal was definitely to be the biggest band in the world, for sure.

I always say that my biggest goal is a Grammy, and on the way there I will grab everything that is given.

I didn't want to just be a rapper, I wanted to be a star.

If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.

I grew up always wanting to be a part of 'Idol,' and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it's given me the opportunities that I have now.

After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.

I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to the Hall of Fame and taking tours of it. I just never thought about that one day I possibly might be in it. I think it'd be great.