Shirley Bassey

In truth, it requires not only a large intellect, but a large heart, to judge with becoming charity of the peculiar temptations…

— Shirley Bassey

I'm not getting old. I'm getting better.

— Shirley Bassey

I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same.

— Shirley Bassey

It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men…

— Shirley Bassey

Diamonds never leave you... men do!

— Shirley Bassey

I'm too busy putting my energies into my performance to be a diva.

— Shirley Bassey

You should never say "never."

— Shirley Bassey

When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up.

— Shirley Bassey

I'm always being asked if I watch 'The X Factor,' and I do from time to time. I know it makes for…

— Shirley Bassey

You don't get older, you get better.

— Shirley Bassey

I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage.

— Shirley Bassey

I hate it when people come up to me when I'm eating.

— Shirley Bassey

I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit.

— Shirley Bassey

I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six…

— Shirley Bassey

You want success, and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention.

— Shirley Bassey

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually,…

— Shirley Bassey

I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but…

— Shirley Bassey

When you live in a safe place like Monte Carlo, you can walk home at any time of the night and you…

— Shirley Bassey

I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and…

— Shirley Bassey

No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years.

— Shirley Bassey

How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!

— Shirley Bassey