Tina Turner Quotes
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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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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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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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I want to know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is.
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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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You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.
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This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies.
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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 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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My parents separated when I was younger
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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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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 was always attracted to science fiction movies
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I believe in prayer and in strong belief.
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Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some
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I've never bothered about my color.
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I am attracted to myths.
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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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I'm pleased with my life, with the journey.
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I think there are people that still hold on that like Heavy Metal like a bit of what is going on now, but it isn't all of what they love and which goes on and it's the same with me... There's still a lot of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke songs that I still happen to like a lot, but then there are a lot of Madonna and... a lot of the female singers that I like as well, but it's like liking it with different emotions, you know.
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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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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.