Tina Turner Quotes
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Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic.
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First of all, I'm happy that I'm healthy.
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On board the new Ironsides, I had the Marine guard stationed at the after gun, thirty-five in number, and I think it was conceded that no gun of that heavy battery was worked more efficiently than the "Marine gun" as it was called.
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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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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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On the third day in India, I realized people were not suffering as much as I thought.
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I find that the British audience listens and they accept the performer for its value, value as a singer, as a vocalist, value as a performer. You're only accepted if you're good.
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My parents separated when I was younger
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I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way.
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This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies.
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Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.
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I've never bothered about my color.
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I believe in prayer and in strong belief.
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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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The choice that I made was from my best music, for the songs that I knew that the public liked. Then, when I recorded my new songs I found that my old material had not faded, it was still current, the music was good and the songs were great. I sat in my house and listened, got the chills, and I thought, how great is that? It hasn't dated, it hasn't gone anywhere, and it's great.
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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 was always attracted to science fiction movies
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I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.
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I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.
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Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some
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The British people are extremely conventional. You don't always know what one is thinking or feeling because it is basically hidden. The British people basically let you see what they want you to see.
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My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home.
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You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.
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I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.