Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE is a British singer of Nigerian and English descent whose career began in the mid-1950s. She is best known for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker...
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth8 January 1937
CityTiger Bay, Wales
Shirley Bassey quotes about
run
I'd like to run away from you, but if you didn't come and find me, I would die...
successful men resent-you
It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women.
life-and-death tears world
How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!
wedding years bells
No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years.
birthday get-better getting-old
I'm not getting old. I'm getting better.
nurse wanted show-business
I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business.
singing shut-up
When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up.
birthday get-better
You don't get older, you get better.