Kim Wilde Quotes

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.

When I was 15, I was naive, looked like a grey mouse and felt second choice.

I don't take myself seriously any more. Sometimes I just garden in my knickers and platform shoes.

My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

Performing, I can take it or leave it. Horticulture is far more challenging. I'm absolutely fascinated by it.

When you're together with someone for some time, you will automatically depend on them as if they were a crutch. And then it ends.

My father has taught me all the tricks of the boys at an early age, which has made me very careful.

Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.

I do know what my family has done for me, but they do need to give me some space to let me be myself. There would be some things I would handle differently.

I want to conquer the world and it seems like my own family is putting a stop to that.

The record company really pissed me off when they told me to lose weight. I couldn't be bothered with looking a certain way. So I left the business. I don't regret it.

I don't mind being laughed at: that's something I really don't mind, and I think that's kept me sane. My ability to laugh at myself and allow others to laugh at me has been my saving grace.

Careers don't seem to be built up in the same way as they were in the 80s.

They're still building and testing / But what can we do / Condemning the seas and the land and the trees to a tomb

I got to show off in front of my husband, who married me as I was stepping out of the business, so he had no idea that I could strut my stuff on the stage.

You need a bit more to be a pop star than just a good voice.

You can't close your eyes to the lies perpetrated by dangerous fools / 'cos they're handing out rules

When love's the culmination of everything you feel, then it's the only thing that's precious, it's the only thing that's real.

There is sadness and confusion in our hearts / And the world prepares to fight / as it tears itself apart, it isn't fair

Is our time up and on to the next fire / Got my fingers burnt and cut into the wire.

I'm spending nights just dreaming / And playing the music loud / They're banging on the ceiling / They're praying that I'll soon be out.

I still tune in to the radio and listen to pop music and enjoy it as much as I ever have.

Being blonde now doesn't mean Marilyn Monroe vulnerability. Blonde in the Eighties means being in control.

Don't let your dreams escape / The future's ours to shape

I think that not being loved by your parents or not having a brother or not being liked at school or even wearing glasses can be a lot worse than having a famous father.

I signed up for the musical Tommy in the West End, where I met my husband.

My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away

And while we destroy / Our children will grow / Not missing the things they'll never know / A crime against them / Against you and me / A crime against all humanity

I was very, very fortunate. I knew that. I've always known that.

The big labels have less of a stranglehold on artists and how they record and where they go.

I didn't spend much time in America, which probably was a mistake. To someone else, having a number one in America would be enough to get them touring.

Gardening is not something to get on your high horse about or be overwhelmed by. Either you enjoy it or you don't.

Snap your fingers and somebody runs / You don't care how they feel just as long as they come / Got your head in the stars now you've come this far / Just who do you think you are?