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All Quotes by author - Shirley Bassey
" Diamonds never leave you... men do! "
Never
Diamonds
Leave
" I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit. "
Business
Show
Show Business
" I hate it when people come up to me when I'm eating. "
People
Hate
Me
" I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage. "
Watching
Wings
Acts
" I'm always being asked if I watch 'The X Factor,' and I do from time to time. I know it makes for great TV and that Simon Cowell has a real gift. "
Know
Always
Gift
" I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same. "
Brought
Up
Same
" I'm too busy putting my energies into my performance to be a diva. "
Diva
Too
Performance
" I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough. "
Woman
Strong
Men
" It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women. "
Women
Live
Woman
" I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience. "
You
Jealous
Audience
" I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and I'd jump from one to the other. Without a safety net! I was an incredible tomboy. "
Trees
Climb
Feet
" No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years. "
Been
Bells
Married
" When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up. "
Singing
Shut
Shut Up
" When you live in a safe place like Monte Carlo, you can walk home at any time of the night and you don't have to worry. I don't feel at risk there. If I drive myself, I can leave the car doors unlocked. "
Car
Live
Myself
" You don't get older, you get better. "
You
Better
Get
" You want success, and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention. "
Because
Attention
Success
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