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" I can't say I'm surprised I was successful. I was determined - and I got it. "
Cilla Black
Got
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" I intend to grow old very disgracefully. "
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" 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. "
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" My idea of baking is buying a ready-make cake mix and throwing in an egg. "
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" But reality television is here to stay. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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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" I rarely stay in hotels because I have friends all over the world. "
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" I like being in charge of the remote control. "
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" I'm quite subdued, believe it or not. I switch it on for the camera. "
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Camera
Quite
" Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me! "
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Will
Trying
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" I tried never to take anything for granted. "
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Never
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" I never did acid, I am just so high anyway. "
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" 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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Business
" It's true what they say: 'You don't appreciate what you've got until it's gone.' I miss love. I miss being looked after. "
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You
True
" Nothing is a career move. Everything I've done this year has so not been a career move. "
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Done
Career
Year
" Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.' "
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Turning
Real
Shock
" I don't want to see older people on T.V. I want to see young, pretty people on T.V. "
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Older
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" 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. "
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" The best advice he gave me was to carry on. It would have been difficult to set foot back inside a TV studio if I hadn't carried on - I don't know if I would have ever gone back in. "
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Me
Back
" 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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Restaurant
Everything
Right
" Who wouldn't fancy Brian Epstein? He was tall and handsome and had money and class. "
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Who
Tall
" You couldn't give me any more confidence than when I was on T.V. because I was in control, but I wasn't in control in my private life. "
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Life
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Mood
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