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

- Shirley Bassey

I'd like to run away From you, But if you didn't come And find me ... I would die.

- Shirley Bassey

You don't get older, you get better.

- Shirley Bassey

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

- 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

You should never say "never."

- Shirley Bassey

Diamonds never leave you... men do!

- Shirley Bassey

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

- Shirley Bassey

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

- Shirley Bassey