Cilla Black Quotes
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I'm a Roman Catholic. Or was. I was brought up that way and used to say my prayers every night, but I don't pray to God any more. I might use the usual phrases I picked up from my parents, 'Oh, if God spares me next year...' or 'Please God...' but they're only phrases.
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I don't want to be a burden on anybody.
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Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.'
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Its rock n' roll that has done my hearing in.
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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 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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Having a biopic made is very flattering.
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In the Sixties, you needed talent to make it.
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'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world.
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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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When I go out, it's to have a good time, not to find a man.
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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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'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.
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I always wanted to be a star.
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I'm very quiet off stage.
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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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But reality television is here to stay.
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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'm apolitical. Where all that Conservative business came along from, I don't know.
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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 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 tried never to take anything for granted.