Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

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

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

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

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

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

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

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.

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.

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

People want performers, personality and drama, and you got that in the .

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

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

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

Sex does not exist for me at all. I haven't had a boyfriend for a long time. There were only three or four in my life up until now anyway.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.

But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive.

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.

Many obstacles to the expansion of good will have presented themselves.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.

Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former.

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit!

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.

The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement.

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage to get a good education despite the many obstacles they face every day.

Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.