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" 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. "

Cilla Black

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Live

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

" I helped make the Sixties swing, and I'm very proud of that. "

" 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

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

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" I love cookery programmes. "

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

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

" I wouldn't mind being a talent show judge if it didn't run for too long. "

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

" 'Blind Date' was based on an Australian show called 'Perfect Match', which I first saw when I was on tour there. And I couldn't understand why it wasn't on British T.V. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" I intend to grow old very disgracefully. "

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

" 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. "

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