Holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night!

In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.

Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart.

I love Tina Turner. I'm one of Tina Turner's biggest fans. Tina Turner was a big influence on me to become a singer. A role model and in a way she gave me back my confidence in choosing my material.

Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well.

So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush.

I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't seek it, it's always with you.

Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one.

I've never taken drugs. My drug, I suppose, is drink. I never drink before I sing, but I do make up for it when I come off!

Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country.

You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous.

Each woman is made to feel it is her own cross to bear if she can't be the perfect clone of the male superman and the perfect clone of the feminine mystique.

A cat cares for you only as a source of food, security and a place in the sun.

I knew every raindrop by its name.

I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.

I am walking proof of the power of prayer.

I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day.

We [he and his wife Trish Van Devere] don't talk politics. I'm an independent conservative; she's a radical Democrat. We never vote together.

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.

I learned that telling the truth was a big part of loving yourself.

In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.