Cilla Black Quotes
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I like being in charge of the remote control.
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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.
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It's hard to watch your life unfold, and sad. Life changes.
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The difference with me is that I did inhale.
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I'm apolitical. Where all that Conservative business came along from, I don't know.
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Having a biopic made is very flattering.
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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'm very quiet off stage.
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I've had a blessed life. I've pulled back from trying to control my destiny and gone back to accepting whatever fate has in store for me. I live for today because I don't know what'll happen tomorrow.
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I don't see why I should be a dame for just doing what I always wanted to do.
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Anything which interferes with my social life is a no-no.
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But reality television is here to stay.
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I always believed I would be a star.
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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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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.
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I was reading about an age pill that has been developed which they claim will make you live longer. That is not for me.
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I always wanted to be a star.
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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.
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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.
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I can do the PR thing until the cows come home. That's my nature. I never want to upset anybody.
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I was so ordinary, critics couldn't understand it, but looking back, that was the reason for my success. What you see is what you get. People thought, 'I could do that.'
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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.
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I rarely stay in hotels because I have friends all over the world.
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Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me!