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" 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.' "

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" 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. "

Cilla Black

Gone

You

True

" I was reading about an age pill that has been developed which they claim will make you live longer. That is not for me. "

" 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. "

" The first time I went to Abbey Road and put those headphones on, I discovered I had two voices. I no longer had to shout in the studio, but I can't knock the Cavern or the other clubs because they gave me my strong voice. "

" I'm quite subdued, believe it or not. I switch it on for the camera. "

" I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was. "

Cilla Black

Because

Biography

" 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. "

Cilla Black

Best

Back

" Anything which interferes with my social life is a no-no. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I did smoke a joint once but I did not enjoy it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I never liked miming. "

Cilla Black

Never

Liked

" On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'. "

" I tried never to take anything for granted. "

" I've had days when I go in my bedroom for 24 hours at a time. I call them my Cilla Black days, and they're literally black days. It's like the old Boomtown Rats song 'I Don't Like Mondays.' You just want to shut the whole day down. "

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

" '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. "

" 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. "

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

" I rarely stay in hotels because I have friends all over the world. "

" When I go out, it's to have a good time, not to find a man. "