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" 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. "

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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. "

" The difference with me is that I did inhale. "

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" 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 never did acid, I am just so high anyway. "

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

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

" 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 always believed I would be a star. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" It's a business, and I'm a product. Terrible, isn't it? "

" Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.' "

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

" 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. "

" After Fergie and Prince Andrew honeymooned at Le Touessrok in Mauritius, Bobby, my late husband, and I were first to stay in their suite. We enjoyed the benefits - all the spoils and the special luxuries. We practically had our own private beach, and it was most romantic. "

" 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. "

" I tried never to take anything for granted. "

" Nothing is a career move. Everything I've done this year has so not been a career move. "

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

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

" 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. "

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