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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I really love it in Belfast. I always stay in the most bombed hotel, the Europa! Gareth Gates Read Quote
I was always used to being centre stage – something that had its good and bad points. Gareth Gates Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote