Quotes By Tina Turner

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.

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

I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

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.

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.

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

I am attracted to myths.

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

I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class.

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

Sometimes we need help from a god.

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

This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies.

I'm perfectly fine now if I never went on stage again.

In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.

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

I was always attracted to science fiction movies.

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

My parents separated when I was younger.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

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

I know the difference between black magic and white magic.

I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers.

I believe in prayer and in strong belief.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.