Cynthia Payne

“If I was an MP, the first thing I would do is legalise brothels.”

“I haven't committed any crime. What I do is organise private parties for adults.”

“I'm a normal, ordinary, suburban woman who has a very, very strange hobby.”

“My parties were famous for their respectability.”

“The men who came to my parties weren't perverts. They were just ordinary men who wanted a bit of fun.”

“The British are supposed to be repressed but they're not. They just need the right circumstances.”

“I am a bit of a rebel, I suppose.”

“I was born to be a madam. It's in my stars.”

“Sex is a very natural thing.”