Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I don't want to be a burden on anybody.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I've had a blessed life. I've pulled back from trying to control my destiny and gone back to accepting whatever fate has in store for me. I live for today because I don't know what'll happen tomorrow.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I'm a Roman Catholic. Or was. I was brought up that way and used to say my prayers every night, but I don't pray to God any more. I might use the usual phrases I picked up from my parents, 'Oh, if God spares me next year...' or 'Please God...' but they're only phrases.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

It's hard to watch your life unfold, and sad. Life changes.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

Back when I was helping put the swing into the swinging '60s, I used to hang out with Cathy McGowan. We'd be doing 'Ready Steady Go!' on T.V., and Biba used to make our dresses. We'd be in the flat in Cromwell Road on Friday night, just before the live show, and they'd still be sewing.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

My idea of baking is buying a ready-make cake mix and throwing in an egg.

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Cilla Black

It's no fun getting older. I might be wearing beautiful diamond earrings, but they can't take away the pain of losing my hearing.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I remember one day my son, our Robert, was looking at me on the settee and looking at me on the television, and then all of a sudden he said: 'Why don't you bring that pretty mummy home with you?' And I thought: 'Oh dear, I'm going to have to dress up at home now as well!'

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.'

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Cilla Black

Well it has been very exciting and very changing as well. Celebrating the 40th year and having the album out and the Channel 4 documentary and I resigned from Blind Date.

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Cilla Black

I am falling apart. My hand is falling apart. I can't shake hands. I had arthritis, and I had an operation for it.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I like being in charge of the remote control.

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Cilla Black

I've got lots of great friends in show business, and that's all they are. Great friends. I'll never marry again - what's the point? I had the best. I've got friends all over the world, and that's enough for me.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I can do the PR thing until the cows come home. That's my nature. I never want to upset anybody.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I was so ordinary, critics couldn't understand it, but looking back, that was the reason for my success. What you see is what you get. People thought, 'I could do that.'

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I've got a bike in the lounge that I watch Coronation Street on. I never had to watch my weight until I had the children, but with the bike, I'm fine.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I wouldn't mind being a talent show judge if it didn't run for too long.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

If I'm in a rotten mood, I stay in and watch television.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

T.V. found me. I was offered jobs. It came in handy when I started having babies. Just one night's work, and then I could go home. I loved 'Surprise Surprise', but it was hard work. 'Blind Date' was a doddle by comparison.