Tina Turner Quotes

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.

The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.

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.

You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.

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.

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

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.

I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it.

We're living in world, stars and dust Between heaven 'n all that surrounds us We're travellers here, spirits passing through And the love we give, is all that will endure Just like a rose after the rain Something beautiful remains Tears will leave no stains Time will ease the pain For every life that fades Something beautiful remains

In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.

For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.

Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.

My legacy is that I stayed on course...from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.

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

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!

You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you.

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

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

You take everything I've made the last 16 years. I'll take my freedom.

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 know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is.

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

I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me.

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

First of all, I'm happy that I'm healthy.

Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic.

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.

There's been (if you sort of scan the magazines) announcements of different performers that has come and tried to get the British audience to go crazy, simply by them entering the stage because they had a hit record. It just doesn't happen. That happens in America.

I was a victim; I don't dwell on it.

I want to breathe in the Spiritual.

I don't like to dwell on the past.

I know the difference between black magic and white magic.

As long as I have people's attention, I can't stop. You can't put the public on hold, because they might not be there when you get back. I have a pathological fear of stopping.

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.

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.

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

I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money, I'll do what you want me to do.

I don't wanna lose you And I always wanna feel this way Cause everytime I'm with you I feel true love, true love.

I'm pleased with my life, with the journey.

Physical strength in a woman - thats what I am.

What's love got to do with it?

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

What is love but a second-hand emotion?

If you take care of yourself, 60 is nothing for women these days. In today's world you can be the kind of woman you want to be. Of course, I've aged a bit in the face, but not enough to worry about it. I've common sense enough to know that if I'm nearly 70 something has to give.

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

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

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

But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way.

In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.