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
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
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
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
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
If I get a bad review, I don’t take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion. – Gareth Gates
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
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
Because I see my mum and dad as such amazing friends, I think I’ll be a really good dad. – Gareth Gates
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
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
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
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
I live for my daughter. Every decision I make is about her and for her. It’s great. She’s perfect. – Gareth Gates
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
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
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
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
On the McGuire course, there’s a technique called ‘cancellation’ where negative experiences are replaced with positive ones. – Gareth Gates
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
I always wanted to be with a woman who has the same mindset and wants to look after me like my mum. – Gareth Gates
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
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
