93 Quotes by Cilla Black

Singer Cilla Black's introduction to homophobic bullying occurred during a visit from Billy, a dear childhood friend. Sharing a room with Ms Black's boyfriend, Billy Returning after having gone out by himself: collapsed by the bed and burst into floods of tears, his face bruised and splattered with blood. ... " I'm Gay," Billy said, "and I've just been beaten up and robbed by a guy who picked me up in a bar and took me back to his place."

I did smoke a joint once but I did not enjoy it.

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

Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.'

T.V. found me. I was offered jobs. It came in handy when I started having babies. Just one night's work, and then I could go home. I loved 'Surprise Surprise', but it was hard work. 'Blind Date' was a doddle by comparison.

When I was put up in posh hotels, I thought it was wonderful.

'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.

There's a whole generation out there who don't know that I was a pop singer in the early days.

It was an unknown thing, a lot of people had very bad trips and I like to be in control.