When people ask me do I believe in feminism - well, I didn't even know I was a feminist. I was the top of the bill; I've always been the top of the bill. So I don't know what equality is.

- Cilla Black

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

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.

- Cilla Black

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.

- Cilla Black

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

- Cilla Black

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

- Cilla Black

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

- Cilla Black

I can't say I'm surprised I was successful. I was determined - and I got it.

- Cilla Black

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.

- Cilla Black

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.'

- Cilla Black

I humbly apologise for reality Television.

- Cilla Black

I never did acid, I am just so high anyway.

- Cilla Black

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.

- Cilla Black

I just thank God when I wake up every day.

- Cilla Black

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

- Cilla Black

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

- Cilla Black

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

- 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.

- Cilla Black

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.

- Cilla Black

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.

- Cilla Black