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

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.

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.

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

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

But reality television is here to stay.

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

The difference with me is that I did inhale.

I humbly apologise for reality Television.

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

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

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

'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.

'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world.

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.

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

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.

Having a biopic made is very flattering.

I always believed I would be a star.

I always wanted to be a star.

I am falling apart. My hand is falling apart. I can't shake hands. I had arthritis, and I had an operation for it.

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

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

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 like the selfie because it's too close. There ain't no people with arms long enough to do a selfie of me.

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

I don't want to be a burden on anybody.

I don't want to live beyond the age of 75. That would be a good point to bow out. I don't want to go on for ever.

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

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

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

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

I intend to grow old very disgracefully.

I just thank God when I wake up every day.

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 like being in charge of the remote control.

I love books and the latest autobiographies. I'm a Gemini and love being with people, but then again, I love my own company, which is when I read most.

I love cookery programmes.

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.

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

I remember one day my son, our Robert, was looking at me on the settee and looking at me on the television, and then all of a sudden he said: 'Why don't you bring that pretty mummy home with you?' And I thought: 'Oh dear, I'm going to have to dress up at home now as well!'

I tried never to take anything for granted.

I was reading about an age pill that has been developed which they claim will make you live longer. That is not for me.

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 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.

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

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.