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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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" 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. "

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" But reality television is here to stay. "

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

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

" I humbly apologise for reality Television. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" Its rock n' roll that has done my hearing in. "

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

" 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 tried never to take anything for granted. "

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

" 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!' "

" 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. "

" You couldn't give me any more confidence than when I was on T.V. because I was in control, but I wasn't in control in my private life. "

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" I don't want to be a burden on anybody. "

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

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

" It is when I am on stage that I feel most comfortable. It is my home. It is the only thing I have known since I was a kid. "

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

" 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 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. "

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" I always believed I would be a star. "