Limahl

“I feel so proud of everything I have achieved and it is lovely that my soundtracks take people back to their first love or holiday.”

“I have gained value like an antique. If there is an '80s event, I normally get the call and that is a nice problem to have.”

“I'm the first to poke fun at myself when it comes to the hair. I even ask the audience 'hands up who had big hair in the 80s?'.”

“No, the mullet's gone, I've have a nice blonde, spiky haircut, but it's quite modern.”

“I love to get out and see real life and to walk, which is why I love Venice so much - it's such a great walking city.”

“I don't have a record deal, I'm not looking for one, I don't have a manager, I'm not promoting anything.”

“I cannot cook to save my life - I microwave everything or it's simply scrambled eggs on toast.”

“People don't realise how much energy it takes to sing and hit all those high notes - but I always feel like I've done a marathon.”

“My siblings and I had to earn our own pocket money so from the age of about 10 I had a job. I did a paper round, helped with the farmer's delivery at the weekend, cut hedges for neighbours and worked on a market stall. Then I'd go and buy a record with my hard-won money.”

“I've just been on a German TV show called 'Come Back', a bit like 'Reborn In The USA', and the pressure of being scrutinised all the time by cameras has made me very self-conscious.”

“I have had Botox a few times, but invasively the worst thing I've had done was when they took a bit of fat from my love handles and injected it in my face.”

“There's so many oldies stations with 'Never Ending Story' and 'Too Shy' on their playlists, thank God. People still love the songs.”

“My career highs were definitely in 1983 and 1984, because Kajagoogoo's 'Too Shy,' which I co-wrote, went to number one in many countries and was top five in America. However, the band fired me in August 1983, so I was suddenly on my own as Limahl.”

“I love London, even though the weather's not great. I've travelled the world and I've lived in Paris, Germany, Los Angeles and New York but I love the parks, the theatre and the Britishness and the way that all these communities have integrated.”

“I've wanted to do a Christmas song for years but thought every lyric and melody had been written.”

“Twenty years ago I went to see this show The Best Disco in Town Live, it was all these disco acts like Gloria Gaynor and Tavares and I had the best night of my life. There was no new music, it was just hits you loved growing up.”

“I'm from Pemberton, Wigan, and was born into a poor family. I grew up on a council estate. My dad was at first in the Army and then in the coal mines. My mother had four children by the time she was 23 so money was always tight.”

“Because I live in London I'm always at busy places like airports and gigs. When you're up in the mountains the air's so clean and there's nature and the awesomeness of the slopes. It makes me reflective and think about the bigger picture.”

“The mullet has made a comeback, of sorts, and it looks great on young people. But I think if I was walking round with a mullet 25 years later I'd just look like a bloke who's stuck in the 80s.”

“I try not to think before sleep otherwise it keeps me awake - I usually stick on an episode of The Golden Girls which makes me laugh and have nicer dreams - I highly recommend it!”