Tina Turner Quotes

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Tina Turner

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 26, 1939

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.

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I don't like to dwell on the past.

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You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you.

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I am attracted to myths.

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My parents separated when I was younger.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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I never close a door on any other religion. Most of the time, some part of it makes sense to me. I don't believe everyone has to chant just because I chant. I believe all religion is about touching something inside of yourself.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Success in America - what I find with my homeland, nothing lasts very long. Europe is different. You're right there with them until you come back.

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