Quotes By Tina Turner

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.