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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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" When people ask me do I believe in feminism - well, I didn't even know I was a feminist. I was the top of the bill; I've always been the top of the bill. So I don't know what equality is. "

Cilla Black

Know

Equality

" You see on 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'X Factor,' they all wear ear plugs. But I could not hear myself when I wore them. So that is where the strong voice came from. "

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

" 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. "

Cilla Black

Hard Work

Night

" I always wanted to be a star. "

" I've had a blessed life. I've pulled back from trying to control my destiny and gone back to accepting whatever fate has in store for me. I live for today because I don't know what'll happen tomorrow. "

Cilla Black

Blessed

Live

" 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. "

" In the Sixties, you needed talent to make it. "

" But reality television is here to stay. "

" 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 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. "

Cilla Black

Afford

Anything

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

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

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

" 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

" Having a biopic made is very flattering. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I intend to grow old very disgracefully. "

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

" Who wouldn't fancy Brian Epstein? He was tall and handsome and had money and class. "

" 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 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.' "

" I give 150%. I'm a professional, a pro. "

" I don't see why I should be a dame for just doing what I always wanted to do. "

" 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. "

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

" I've got lots of great friends in show business, and that's all they are. Great friends. I'll never marry again - what's the point? I had the best. I've got friends all over the world, and that's enough for me. "