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
Cilla Black quotes about
people
I don't want to see older people on T.V. I want to see young, pretty people on T.V.
I don't want to see a 70-year-old on television.
people
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.
bull business cannot china great sit
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 don't see why I should be a dame for just doing what I always wanted to do.
I tried never to take anything for granted.
advice best british-musician carried carry foot gave gone inside studio tv
The best advice he gave me was to carry on. It would have been difficult to set foot back inside a TV studio if I hadn't carried on - I don't know if I would have ever gone back in.
bedroom call days hours literally rats shut time
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.
coronation lounge until weight
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.
again best business great lots marry
I've got lots of great friends in show business, and that's all they are. Great friends. I'll never marry again - what's the point? I had the best. I've got friends all over the world, and that's enough for me.
life private
You couldn't give me any more confidence than when I was on T.V. because I was in control, but I wasn't in control in my private life.
abbey clubs discovered gave headphones knock longer shout time
The first time I went to Abbey Road and put those headphones on, I discovered I had two voices. I no longer had to shout in the studio, but I can't knock the Cavern or the other clubs because they gave me my strong voice.
minutes
'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world.
home known since stage
It is when I am on stage that I feel most comfortable. It is my home. It is the only thing I have known since I was a kid.