Cilla Black
Cilla Black
Priscilla Maria Veronica White OBE, known by her stage name Cilla Black, was an English singer, television presenter, actress, and author...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth27 May 1943
CityLiverpool, England
thinking years stories
I didn't think before that I'd done enough to justify publishing an autobiography but after 40 years in show business I'm now ready to tell my story.
differences inhale
The difference with me is that I did inhale.
years documentaries albums
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.
good time
When I go out, it's to have a good time, not to find a man.
business life living loved meeting money pop seven three
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.
accepting blessed control fate gone happen life pulled store trying whatever
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.
gemini latest love
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.
helped
I helped make the Sixties swing, and I'm very proud of that.
hard life sad watch
It's hard to watch your life unfold, and sad. Life changes.
operation shake
I am falling apart. My hand is falling apart. I can't shake hands. I had arthritis, and I had an operation for it.
diet meal waiter
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.
critics people success understand
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.'
looked love miss until
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.
cracked home
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.