Tina Turner Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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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“You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.”
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“I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.”
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“I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!”
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“My greatest beauty secret is being happy with myself. I don't use special creams or treatments - I'll use a little bit of everything. It's a mistake to think you are what you put on yourself. I believe that a lot of how you look is to do with how you feel about yourself and your life. Happiness is the greatest beauty secret.”
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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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“I know the difference between black magic and white magic.”
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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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“Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.”
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“I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me.”
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“I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.”
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“For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.”
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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'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.”
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“This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies.”
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“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.”
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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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“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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“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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“I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way.”
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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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“In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.”
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“In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.”
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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.”
-- Tina Turner
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