Tina Turner quotes

“My mother and father didn't love each other, so they were always fighting.”

— Tina Turner

“People think my life has been tough, but I think has been a wonderful journey. The older you get, the more you realise it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.”

— Tina Turner

“I always had long legs. When I was young, I used to think, 'Why do I look like a little pony?'”

— Tina Turner

“I don't want to be dragging myself on stage, year in year out, until someone else tells me it is time to go. There are certain birthdays that make you revalue your life.”

— Tina Turner

“When my parents went off to Knoxville to work, I lived with my father's mother. She was strict - the kind who starched and ironed dresses. I had to sit more than I played. Oh, I was miserable. I liked being out with the animals. I'd come in the house with my hair pulled out, sash off the dress, dirty as heck. I was always getting spanked.”

— Tina Turner

“I never put a lot of praise on myself because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started to like myself - when I divorced and took control of my life.”

— Tina Turner

“I am attracted to myths.”

— Tina Turner

“In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.”

— Tina Turner

“I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.”

— Tina Turner

“There comes a point where it is just undignified to be a rock 'n' roll star.”

— Tina Turner

“You wouldn't believe that I still have the bikers with the caps to the side at my door, ringing the doorbell.”

— Tina Turner

“I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.”

— Tina Turner

“I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way.”

— Tina Turner

“I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me.”

— Tina Turner

“In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious.”

— Tina Turner

“In fact, my parents were church people; my father was a deacon in the church.”

— Tina Turner

“Well, these days, if you're away five years, you might not be able to get back.”

— Tina Turner

“I want to tell people how to live spiritually. After you've bought all your houses and your clothes, you want something bigger.”

— Tina Turner

“I was always attracted to science fiction movies.”

— Tina Turner

“It just feels like Erwin and me... even at night I don't feel I have to look pretty in bed.”

— Tina Turner

“Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some.”

— Tina Turner

“My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home.”

— Tina Turner

“My parents separated when I was younger.”

— Tina Turner

“Sometimes in a restaurant you'll see a lady dressed very nice, she picks up a menu or something... a little fan is always a little bit nice.”

— Tina Turner

“Age is no issue to me. I think 50 is the new 30 and 70 is the new 50. There are no rules that say you have to dress a certain way or be a certain way.”

— Tina Turner

“Ike's problem was that he was a musician that always wanted to be a star; and was a star, locally, but never internationally... so he then changed the name to Ike and changed my name to Tina because if I ran away, Tina was his name. It was patented as you call it.”

— Tina Turner

“Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile.”

— Tina Turner

“I didn't worry about it because I kind of felt I left a good message and memory with the people in terms of my work, and I always felt with a good record, I could always come back.”

— Tina Turner

“I've never bothered about my color. I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love. Maybe. I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.”

— Tina Turner