Its rock n' roll that has done my hearing in.

I never did acid, I am just so high anyway.

I wouldn't mind being a talent show judge if it didn't run for too long.

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.

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

I humbly apologise for reality Television.

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.

Nothing is a career move. Everything I've done this year has so not been a career move.

I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.

But reality television is here to stay.

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

The difference with me is that I did inhale.

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

I don't want to see older people on T.V. I want to see young, pretty people on T.V.

'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.

I never thought I'd be on T.V. For me as a kid in Liverpool, it was a more realistic option to be a singer.

I can do the PR thing until the cows come home. That's my nature. I never want to upset anybody.

I give 150%. I'm a professional, a pro.

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.

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

If I'm in a rotten mood, I stay in and watch television.

I knew I could do anything I wanted to do and go anywhere I wanted to go and not have to worry if I could afford it.

I don't want to see a 70-year-old on television.

When people ask me do I believe in feminism - well, I didn't even know I was a feminist. I was the top of the bill; I've always been the top of the bill. So I don't know what equality is.

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.

I always wanted to be a star.

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.'

I can't say I'm surprised I was successful. I was determined - and I got it.

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.

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.