I'm too busy putting my energies into my performance to be a diva.
— Shirley Bassey
When you live in a safe place like Monte Carlo, you can walk home at any time of the night and you don't have to worry. I don't feel at risk there. If I drive myself, I can leave the car doors unlocked.
I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and I'd jump from one to the other. Without a safety net! I was an incredible tomboy.
No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years.
I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same.
Diamonds never leave you... men do!
I'm always being asked if I watch 'The X Factor,' and I do from time to time. I know it makes for great TV and that Simon Cowell has a real gift.
You want success, and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention.
I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.
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.
I hate it when people come up to me when I'm eating.
I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage.
When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up.
You don't get older, you get better.
I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.
I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit.
