I never liked miming.

Really, I'm trying to retire. It's just nobody will let me!

After Fergie and Prince Andrew honeymooned at Le Touessrok in Mauritius, Bobby, my late husband, and I were first to stay in their suite. We enjoyed the benefits - all the spoils and the special luxuries. We practically had our own private beach, and it was most romantic.

I rarely stay in hotels because I have friends all over the world.

I always believed I would be a star.

It's a business, and I'm a product. Terrible, isn't it?

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.

I'm a 'never say never' girl. Frank Sinatra retired four times. He kept coming back. But there are people in our business who want to die on stage. Literally. I don't want to do that.

It's no fun getting older. I might be wearing beautiful diamond earrings, but they can't take away the pain of losing my hearing.

I helped make the Sixties swing, and I'm very proud of that.

In the Sixties, you needed talent to make it.

Anything which interferes with my social life is a no-no.

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

I intend to grow old very disgracefully.

I'm quite subdued, believe it or not. I switch it on for the camera.

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.

I love cookery programmes.

I'm very quiet off stage.

My idea of baking is buying a ready-make cake mix and throwing in an egg.

There's nothing going into my mouth that's not wrapped.

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.

You see on 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'X Factor,' they all wear ear plugs. But I could not hear myself when I wore them. So that is where the strong voice came from.

I don't see why I should be a dame for just doing what I always wanted to do.

I just thank God when I wake up every day.

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

Having a biopic made is very flattering.

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.

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.

When I go out, it's to have a good time, not to find a man.