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" There's a whole generation out there who don't know that I was a pop singer in the early days. "
Cilla Black
Singer
Early
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I am falling apart. My hand is falling apart. I can't shake hands. I had arthritis, and I had an operation for it. "
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" 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!' "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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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" Who wouldn't fancy Brian Epstein? He was tall and handsome and had money and class. "
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" Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.' "
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" There's nothing going into my mouth that's not wrapped. "
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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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