Getting an upset tummy is never pleasant, and it's worse if you get a funny tummy a long way from home.
Always arrive in plenty of time so that when you step on the train or sit down in the plane you're relaxed, not hassled.
Seeing photographs of my dad, Bert, on the beach with a knotted handkerchief on his head to avoid getting sunburn still brings a smile to my face.
I don't think the singers take it as seriously as we used to. The words, the meaning, the phrasing, the feeling of the song. They see the words, they know the tune and they just sing it.
I used to bomb around London in my little Austin 10 throughout the raids to appear on stage and if there was a raid before the show was over I would be there, crouching on a floor wherever I could find a big thick wall.
I felt very greatly honoured to be given a Damehood and never expected to receive anything else. So for Her Majesty to bestow a further accolade on me is very unexpected and I feel even more honoured.
Certain people cause so many problems, not only to the running of the town and the country, but to people themselves.
When I started out, I was what they called corny. After a week in Nashville they were calling me hillbilly.
When I left school at 14, I thought I had better get a job. I got one in a factory where I sewed on buttons. It was so boring and we weren't allowed to talk or sing. I lasted a day.
There is always something we can be concerned about. The secret is to rise above it and do whatever we can to make the world a better place.