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I like to have quiet evenings and relax.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Quiet
Relax
Like
Evenings
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Speech and having a stammer is obviously a big part of my life.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Speech
Life My Life Big
Big Part
Stammer
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Finally having the freedom to speak is a really liberating feeling.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Liberating
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The moment an athlete doesn't train, things start to get a bit rusty.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Athlete
Moments
Train
Rusty
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Sharing the stage while singing my songs was a bit of a daunting prospect.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Daunting
Prospect
Sharing
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I've had lots of offers of marriage and from women wanting to have my kids.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Kids
Marriage
Offers
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I really love it in Belfast. I always stay in the most bombed hotel, the Europa!
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Belfast
Hotel
Bombed
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I love musical theatre because I love doing a live performance eight times a week.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Eight
Live Performance
Musical
Musical Theatre
Theatre
Love Live Doing
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I never even dreamt that I'd be in a position to teach other people to speak better.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
People
Speak
Teach
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Centre
Good And Bad
Good Always Bad
Good Bad Always
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Because I see my mum and dad as such amazing friends, I think I'll be a really good dad.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Amazing
Dad
Mum
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If I get a bad review, I dont take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Entitled
Opinion
Reviews
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If I get a bad review, I don't take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Entitled
Bad Review
Review
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I live for my daughter. Every decision I make is about her and for her. It's great. She's perfect.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Daughter
Decision
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I always wanted to be with a woman who has the same mindset and wants to look after me like my mum.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Mindset
Mum
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I haven't been the best boyfriend or husband, and that means I don't get to spend every day with my daughter.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Boyfriend
Daughter
Husband
Best Day Every Day
Every Day
Means
Spend
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As you know, I was a solo singer, something I just got very much used to. Turns out I'm quite enjoying being in a band!
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Solo
Turns
Enjoying
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On the McGuire course, there's a technique called 'cancellation' where negative experiences are replaced with positive ones.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Cancellation
Replaced
Technique
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Breathing is fundamental to speech. A stammer is caused by erratic airflow, so if you have a smooth airflow, you have smooth speech.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Erratic
Caused
Fundamental
Stammer
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Mates
Chose
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In the music business, I found it was much more about interviews, photo shoots and appearances rather than actual performing, which I do best.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Music Business
Performing
Photo Shoots
Actual
Best Business Music
Appearances
Photo
Shoots
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Although I fancy Britney, I think Shakira is hot too. Maybe I could let them fight over me. I'm a young lad and I've got to keep my options open.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Fighting
Hot
Thinking
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I had a meal in Pizza Hut and the waitress told me I didn't need to pay. So I decided to be a bit cheeky and ask for more pizza and garlic bread.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Bread
Cheeky
Garlic
Meals
Needs
Pay
Pizza
Waitress
Hut
Meal
Pizza Hut
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Living with a stammer is difficult. It's a daily uphill struggle with emotional baggage weighing you down. You can't be the person you want to be.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Baggage
Difficult
Emotional
Struggle
Weighing
Living
Daily
Stammer
Uphill
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I'm very driven, and I always have been. So I'd like to release a successful album, continue in musical theatre, and be more involved in business.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Driven
Musical Theatre
Release
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The last thing I wanted was to be with someone who's the same age as me and wanted the limelight, wanted the attention. There's lots of girls out there who do.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Limelight
Same Age
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Clinging
Dear
Skating
Terrible
Life Always Fun
Onto
So Much Fun
Tour
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I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Fans
Grows
Position
Speech
Thanks
Totally
Due
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No one knows for sure if you can inherit a stammer, and so I worry that my baby might. It's why I want to work on my speech before he arrives. I don't want him to hear me stammer.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Inherit
Stammer
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Musical theatre is something that I always wanted to be a part of, and my first ever role on the West End as Joseph in 'Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat' gave me a taste for it.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Musical Theatre
Taste
Joseph
Me End Always
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I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue to work with the band. If not, we'll all go our separate ways again.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Closing
Demand
Solo
Solo Career
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I've got my feet firmly on the ground, I can't see life changing too much. I reckon more girls will talk to me at college and more people will look at me, but they know me for who I am.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Girl
College
Feet
Life Changing
Life Look I Am
Life Look Me
Firmly
More People
Reckon
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I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It's made me make some decisions that I'm sure I wouldn't have if I didn't suffer with this affliction.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Affliction
Life Me My Life
Decisions
All My Life
Fair
Shaped
Stammer
Suffer
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I'm part of a speech therapy course called the Maguire Programme. It isn't a cure; it's something you need to maintain and work on. I get days where I find things more difficult than others.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Therapy
Work Difficult Find
Cure
Maintain
Programme
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My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can't be more important than my singing. Until I'm an established name all over the world, my speech won't be more important than my music.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Established
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Having my first number one single and being able to travel to places I've never been before has been amazing. The tour was also fantastic. There are so many things which I've experienced this year which I never even dreamed of.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Travel
Numbers
Years
Dreamed
Experienced
Tour
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Young adults living with a stutter is hard work. How do they handle job interviews? What do they do when the phone rings? How do they chat someone up? All these things the average person takes for granted prove to be a stammerers biggest challenge.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Jobs
Hard Work
Phones
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Young adults living with a stutter is hard work. How do they handle job interviews? What do they do when the phone rings? How do they 'chat someone up'? All these things the average person takes for granted prove to be a stammerer's biggest challenge.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Average
Average Person
Granted
Handle
Hard Work
Prove
Rings
Biggest Challenge
Chat
Stutter
Young Adults
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I'm part of a speech therapy programme called the McGuire Programme. It teaches you a new way to breathe, a new way to speak, a brand new way of tackling the mind-sets that come with having a speech impediment. Mainly, it teaches you how to slow things down, and that has really helped me.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Brand New
Breathe
Tackling
Therapy
Me New Way
Brand
Impediment
Mainly
New Way
Programme
Slow
Teaches
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Before all this happened, I always used to see my stammer as being a negative, all my life, but then when I went on 'Pop Idol,' and the first time I saw it on television, it was really, really bad, but also it made me stand out; it made people remember me. So for the first time in my life, it worked to my advantage.
Gareth Gates / Singer-Songwriter
Advantage
Negative
Remember Me
Life Time Always
Life Time Me
All My Life
Idol
Stammer
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