Cilla Black

I love books and the latest autobiographies. I'm a Gemini and love being with people, but then again, I love my own company, which is when I read most. ”

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. ”

It's hard to watch your life unfold, and sad. Life changes. ”

You couldn't give me any more confidence than when I was on T.V. because I was in control, but I wasn't in control in my private life. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I cannot do business. I cannot sit and say, 'How are you, the weather's great, how's your golf?' I'm like a bull in a china shop. ”

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. ”

It's a business, and I'm a product. Terrible, isn't it? ”

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