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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. "

Cilla Black

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" It was an unknown thing, a lot of people had very bad trips and I like to be in control. "

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Unknown

People

" 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. "

" 'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world. "

" 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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Hard Work

Night

" I'm very quiet off stage. "

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Did

" I always wanted to be a star. "

" I'm apolitical. Where all that Conservative business came along from, I don't know. "

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" I love cookery programmes. "

" 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. "

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Anything

" It's hard to watch your life unfold, and sad. Life changes. "

" 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!' "

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

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

" I like being in charge of the remote control. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "