CILLA BLACK

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

After Fergie and Prince Andrew honeymooned at Le Touessrok in Mauritius, Bobby, my late husband, and I were first to stay in their suite. We enjoyed the benefits - all the spoils and the special luxuries. We practically had our own private beach, and it was most romantic.

If I'm in a rotten mood, I stay in and watch television.

I like being in charge of the remote control.

I always believed I would be a star.

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 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.

Who wouldn't fancy Brian Epstein? He was tall and handsome and had money and class.

I humbly apologise for reality Television.

There's nothing going into my mouth that's not wrapped.

I rarely stay in hotels because I have friends all over the world.

I never liked miming.

'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.

But reality television is here to stay.

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.

Nothing is a career move. Everything I've done this year has so not been a career move.

I give 150%. I'm a professional, a pro.

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

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 don't want to see older people on T.V. I want to see young, pretty people on T.V.

I just thank God when I wake up every day.

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.

I wouldn't mind being a talent show judge if it didn't run for too long.

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.

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.