Limahl

“I love the Germans and they love me.”

“Yes, I would say I had quite a rough time from 1992 to 1996. After the highs of the Eighties, work became slow from around 1987 to around 1997. I was running a small recording studio in Shepherd's Bush but wasn't making a great deal from it.”

“I was blessed with good looks and I have good genes.”

“I always try to squeeze in the gym, even if it's just half an hour.”

“Lets see, I remember the first time I went to Japan, I loved that because I was taller than everyone! I'm only 5'7' but in Japan that's good!”

“I once had a gig in Gothenburg and went on the most unbelievable theme park ride, which was a rollercoaster built into a mountain that went through plants and tunnels. It was huge and a thrill to go on.”

“I've had my eyes done twice. I have had the bags removed, upper and lower. When you get older, your lids get heavy and you look tired all the time. That was fantastic. It freshened up my eyes.”

“That had been a real problem for me in the past - meeting people that were opportunists, so I had a few bad experiences where I really believed people cared about me, but they didn't.”

“Oh I've seen Jude Law a couple of times, with his kids in tow, looking stressed. But I've lived in Primrose Hill for 20 years.”

“I turned down 'Come Dine With Me' because I can't cook.”

“Yeah, I could get an internet page and maybe get a thousand downloads of new songs but it's a lot of work. I'm 57 now, I really feel like I've got the T-shirt. I just like performing. It's instant. I go off, I do the show, it's over. I like that.”

“My family had no money or social connections with the music industry but I came to London and had some success that continues to influence my life.”

“I have phobias of everything you can name, but the problem with hypnotism is handing control over to someone else - and that is one of my phobias!”

“Part of my job is to be looked at and I do think we live in a world where you are judged on your looks. If you look at someone you previously liked and they look old and decrepit, I don't think it's that pleasant.”

“I'm not as rich as I could be or should be, but I've done well enough.”

“I'd given my life and my soul to Kajagoogoo and then after a cheap phone call, it was all over. I did cry and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Anybody is entitled to break down under those circumstances.”

“When I started writing songs at 18, I wrote about 100 that were crap. One was called 'Dog In A Disco.'”

“When you can connect with a live audience and you get that immediate response it's just great.”

“I am an emotional person, but I am not embarrassed by that.”

“I don't know what record company would sign a 45-year-old former 80s pop star.”