Top 88 Quotes & Sayings by Cilla Black - Page 2

I was reading about an age pill that has been developed which they claim will make you live longer. That is not for me.

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.

I don't want to live beyond the age of 75. That would be a good point to bow out. I don't want to go on for ever.

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.

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

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.

I'm very quiet off stage.

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

I don't see why I should be a dame for just doing what I always wanted to do.

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

I just thank God when I wake up every day.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

The first time I went to Abbey Road and put those headphones on, I discovered I had two voices. I no longer had to shout in the studio, but I can't knock the Cavern or the other clubs because they gave me my strong voice.

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.

Having a biopic made is very flattering.

Work is a four-letter word.

Singer Cilla Black's introduction to homophobic bullying occurred during a visit from Billy, a dear childhood friend. Sharing a room with Ms Black's boyfriend, Billy Returning after having gone out by himself: collapsed by the bed and burst into floods of tears, his face bruised and splattered with blood. ... " I'm Gay," Billy said, "and I've just been beaten up and robbed by a guy who picked me up in a bar and took me back to his place."

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.

I do not miss ITV, God no! Have you seen ITV lately?

I'm not, sexy, am I? God knows, I've tried

On girls night in we talk about dating; the ups and downs of the previous week. Our collective laughter is uncontrollable and tearful, even the most disappointing dates become meritorious on girls night in.

I love Simon Cowell, he's a dear friend.

When I was fifteen, I remember my mum taking me to the posh clothes shop on London Road to get my first grown-up coat. It was royal-blue and very adult, and I thought, Gosh, this is great! But when my mum said to the assistant, "What's the lowest price you'll take for this?" I nearly died of shame, and wanted to run away.

I didn't think before that I'd done enough to justify publishing an autobiography but after 40 years in show business I'm now ready to tell my story.