My mother raised two children on a housing estate, in a place where people said once you got on, you never got off. And she believed in me. So when people tell you that you can't, you can.
If I was in a relationship again it would have to be with somebody that really cared about me, who was kind, caring and loving.
You have to put your partner and family at the top of the list and there must be downtime - time for gardening, cooking time, book reading time.
It's not about what somebody else thinks about you, it's about what I feel like in my own clothes in my own skin.
I'm a person who likes to live in the moment because yesterday's gone and tomorrow is promised to nobody.
You can't make somebody love you, no matter what you do to yourself. You can get implants, you can get all these procedures, thinking you will be more of a woman for that person. But it does not make a difference. If they don't love you, they won't no matter what you do to your appearance.
If I could go back to my younger self, I would never have had the implants done. I feel relieved and I feel proud for removing them now.
My favorite room in my house is my bedroom; my private space where I can go to do my reading or listen to music.
When I married Sammy, my first husband, we were both just so young. But I've had a hugely successful career and I owe a lot of what I learnt in the industry to him, because he was already a top professional, and I was a nobody, really.
I think dancing was a way of showing your femininity and, through the years, your strength, because it's a male-dominated industry.
For years Corky was what I call a jokester. He'd tease me with things like, 'You've got breasts like two currants on a breadboard' or 'You've got a sunken chest like a pirate's something or other.' He didn't like my teeth until I got braces at 25. It's like a little pickaxe that goes, chip, chip, chip, until, in the end, you think you are ugly.