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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I love books and the latest autobiographies. I'm a Gemini and love being with people, but then again, I love my own company, which is when I read most. "

" There's a whole generation out there who don't know that I was a pop singer in the early days. "

" 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!' "

" I would have loved to have cracked America. When I tried, I got homesick. Then, when I was in New York, my nanna died, and I just wanted to come home. "

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" 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. "

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