Cilla Black
Cilla Black

The difference with me is that I did inhale.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I don't want to see older people on T.V. I want to see young, pretty people on T.V.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

'Blind Date' was based on an Australian show called 'Perfect Match', which I first saw when I was on tour there. And I couldn't understand why it wasn't on British T.V.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

I never thought I'd be on T.V. For me as a kid in Liverpool, it was a more realistic option to be a singer.

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Cilla Black

I cannot do business. I cannot sit and say, 'How are you, the weather's great, how's your golf?' I'm like a bull in a china shop.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

When I was put up in posh hotels, I thought it was wonderful.

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Cilla Black

I knew I could do anything I wanted to do and go anywhere I wanted to go and not have to worry if I could afford it.

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Cilla Black

I don't want to see a 70-year-old on television.

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Cilla Black

I don't like the selfie because it's too close. There ain't no people with arms long enough to do a selfie of me.

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Cilla Black

I always wanted to be a star.

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Cilla Black

I can't say I'm surprised I was successful. I was determined - and I got it.

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Cilla Black

I loved everything about show business, meeting the stars, the whole ambience. I was living every young kid's dream. I was told a pop singer's life was three years, but I was still making money seven years later.

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Cilla Black

I never liked miming.

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Cilla Black

Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me!

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Cilla Black

After Fergie and Prince Andrew honeymooned at Le Touessrok in Mauritius, Bobby, my late husband, and I were first to stay in their suite. We enjoyed the benefits - all the spoils and the special luxuries. We practically had our own private beach, and it was most romantic.

Cilla Black
Cilla Black

If I can't eat the meal in a restaurant, and the waiter asks, 'Is everything all right, Madam?', I tell them that I'm on a diet.

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Cilla Black

I always believed I would be a star.

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Cilla Black

It's a business, and I'm a product. Terrible, isn't it?

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Cilla Black

It is when I am on stage that I feel most comfortable. It is my home. It is the only thing I have known since I was a kid.

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Cilla Black

I'm a 'never say never' girl. Frank Sinatra retired four times. He kept coming back. But there are people in our business who want to die on stage. Literally. I don't want to do that.