Tina Turner Quotes

• "As a child my grandmother used to tell us stories about the dead and the mystical."
• "But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way."
• "Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic."
• "First of all, I'm happy that I'm healthy."
• "For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different."
• "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 am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years."
• "I am attracted to myths."
• "I believe in prayer and in strong belief."
• "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 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."
• "I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people."
• "I don't like to dwell on the past."
• "I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way."
• "I grew up in the south, poor - on rock, dirt roads."
• "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 know the difference between black magic and white magic."
• "I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me."
• "I never had that thing about being black... .If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love."
• "I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up."
• "I want to breathe in the Spiritual."
• "I want to know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is."
• "I was always attracted to science fiction movies."
• "I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things."
• "I'm perfectly fine now if I never went on stage again."
• "I'm pleased with my life, with the journey."
• "I've never bothered about my color."
• "In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious."
• "In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules."
• "In the USA there is no female equivalent to god."
• "It just feels like Erwin and me... even at night I don't feel I have to look pretty in bed."
• "Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some."
• "My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home."
• "My father's mother was black I was told stories by that grandmother, basically stories to frighten you to go to bed."
• "My parents separated when I was younger."
• "On the third day in India, I realized people were not suffering as much as I thought."
• "Sometimes we need help from a god."
• "Spiritually, I'm very much more aware."
• "Well, these days, if you're away five years, you might not be able to get back."
• "What's love got to do with it? A lot!"
• "You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you."
• "You wouldn't believe that I still have the bikers with the caps to the side at my door, ringing the doorbell."
• "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."