My mother was the only one who encouraged and inspired me for singing. She was singing all the time in the house, playing records also.
I used to carry a bag of records down to my friend's house every Friday, and we'd sit down and play all the records I loved, and we'd look at the album covers.
I'm always late to bed - usually after midnight - but then I sleep for around ten hours.
I remember when the Atkins diet arrived; I lost 16 lb in the first month, but when I stopped, it all went back on again.
I was born Gaynor Hopkins, one of seven children. My mum, Elsie, and dad, Glyndwr, always said they had seven children, although my sister Paulene was stillborn.
I lost dozens of pairs of expensive glasses because I'd put them down and then not be able to find them again.
