Before Cliff (richard) And The Shadows, There

I Think Middle-class People Have The Biggest Trauma If They Have Nice Imagey Parents, All Smiling And Dolled Up.

I Learned Lots Of Dirty Jokes Very Young. There Was This Girl Who Told Me Them. The Gang I Led Went In For Shoplifting And Pulling Girls' Knickers Down. Other Boys' Parents Hated Me.

It's Pretty Hard When You Are Caesar And Everyone Is Saying How Wonderful You Are And They Are Giving You All The Goodies And The Girls, It's Pretty Hard To Break Out Of That, To Say 'well, I Don't Want To Be King, I Want To Be Real.'

I've Been Baking Bread And Looking After The Baby...everyone Else Who Has Asked Me That Question Over The Last Few Years Says. 'but What Else Have You Been Doing?' To Which I Say, 'are You Kidding?' Because Bread And Babies, As Every Housewife Knows, Is A Full-time Job. After I Made The Loaves [of Bread,] I Felt Like I Had Conquered Something. But As I Watched The Bread Being Eaten, I Thought, Well, Jesus, Don't I Get A Gold Record Or Knighted Or Nothing?

It Took Me Quite A Long Time To Realise That My Maleness Was Cutting Off Certain Areas For Yoko [ono]. She's A Red Hot Liberationistand Was Quick To Show Me Where I Was Going Wrong, Even Though It Seemed To Me That I Was Just Acting Naturally. That's Why I'm Always Interested To Know How People Who Claim To Be Radical Treat Women.