Cilla Black Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It was an unknown thing, a lot of people had very bad trips and I like to be in control.”

“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.”

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

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

“The difference with me is that I did inhale.”

“Well it has been very exciting and very changing as well. Celebrating the 40th year and having the album out and the Channel 4 documentary and I resigned from Blind Date.”

“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 remember one day my son, our Robert, was looking at me on the settee and looking at me on the television, and then all of a sudden he said: 'Why don't you bring that pretty mummy home with you?' And I thought: 'Oh dear, I'm going to have to dress up at home now as well!'”

“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.'”

“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.”