When I started out in this business, I really wanted to become iconic, but I'm glad that didn't happen. I like to do things like travel on public transport unnoticed. Kiki Dee businessgladhappen Change image and share on social
I have to keep healthy; otherwise, I jeopardise my career. Kiki Dee careerhealthyjeopardise Change image and share on social
Being the youngest, I was a bit of a daddy's girl and sought attention from an early age by singing. I don't know where I got my voice, but ours was always a musical house. Kiki Dee ageattentionbite Change image and share on social
I realised when I sang at family parties and Christmases I'd suddenly get everyone's attention, and, being the youngest of three, I thought what a brilliant attention-seeking ploy it was. Kiki Dee attentionbrilliantchristmas Change image and share on social
The first thing Fontana did was get me to change my hair colour from light brown to red, and the songwriter Mitch Murray suggested I change my name from Pauline Matthews to Kiki Dee. Kiki Dee brownchangecolour Change image and share on social
I'm just a sensitive little soul who's put so much into her career that I haven't had enough energy or time left over to sustain a relationship. Kiki Dee careerenergyleave Change image and share on social
In my late 30s, I flirted with the idea of having a child without necessarily being in a steady relationship. But I've never had a strong maternal urge, and then I got cancer of the womb - luckily caught at an early stage - so that put paid to that. Kiki Dee 30scancercatch share on social
This is where I break one last taboo: I'm incredibly glad I'm not a granny. Kiki Dee breakgladgranny Change image and share on social
I've got my mother's acceptance of things and my dad's drive - not such a bad combination. Kiki Dee acceptancebadcombination Change image and share on social
I was born Pauline Matthews and grew up in Bradford as one of three children - I had an older brother, David, and an older sister, Betty. My father Fred worked in the mills as a textile weaving supervisor, and my mother, Mary, was a housewife. Kiki Dee bearbettybradford share on social
