British - Musician | May 27, 1943 - August 1, 2015
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
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It's hard to watch your life unfold, and sad. Life changes.
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The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.
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I don't like the selfie because it's too close. There ain't no people with arms long enough to do a selfie of me.
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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.
LovePeopleMy OwnCompanyOwnMost
'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world.
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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.
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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.
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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.
LoveAppreciateYouSayTrueGone
I never did acid, I am just so high anyway.
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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.
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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.
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