Tina Turner Quotes
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I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me.
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For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.
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I don't like to dwell on the past.
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I'm perfectly fine now if I never went on stage again.
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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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I was a victim; I don't dwell on it.
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People hold on to what they like. They discard what they don't...
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In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious
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Sometimes you have to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything - whatever is bringing you down - get rid of it. Because you will find that when you are free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.
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I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.
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We're living in world, stars and dust Between heaven 'n all that surrounds us We're travellers here, spirits passing through And the love we give, is all that will endure Just like a rose after the rain Something beautiful remains Tears will leave no stains Time will ease the pain For every life that fades Something beautiful remains
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The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.
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I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.
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You take everything I've made the last 16 years. I'll take my freedom.
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In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.
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You wouldn't believe that I still have the bikers with the caps to the side at my door, ringing the doorbell.
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So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart.
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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.
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After I moved with my mother to St. Louis, my older sister and I went to see Ike Turner, who was the hottest then. His music charged me. I was never attracted to him, but I wanted to sing with his band.
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Oh what's love got to do, got to do with it What's love but a second hand emotion What's love got to do, got to do with it Who needs a heart When a heart can be broken
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As long as I have people's attention, I can't stop. You can't put the public on hold, because they might not be there when you get back. I have a pathological fear of stopping.
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Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic.
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I want to know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is.
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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.