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Tina Turner
Quotes by Tina Turner
Quotes by Tina Turner
“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.”
Tina Turner
“Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything... whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”
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“I don't hate myself anymore. I used to hate my work, hated that sexy image, hated those pictures of me onstage, hated that big raunchy person. Onstage, I'm acting the whole time I'm there. As soon as I get out of those songs, I'm Tina again.”
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“My legacy is that I stayed on course... from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.”
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“For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.”
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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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“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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“As I grew up, I learned what worked for me. That's where the short dresses came from. And you can't dance in a long dress.”
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“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.”
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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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“I believe in prayer and in strong belief.”
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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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“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.”
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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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“Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic.”
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“I know the difference between black magic and white magic.”
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“Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am.”
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“Success in America - what I find with my homeland, nothing lasts very long. Europe is different. You're right there with them until you come back.”
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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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“But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way.”
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“I don't like to dwell on the past.”
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“I'm perfectly fine now if I never went on stage again.”
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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 regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.”
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“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.”
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“I want to know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is.”
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“In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.”
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“My mother and father didn't love each other, so they were always fighting.”
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“People think my life has been tough, but I think has been a wonderful journey. The older you get, the more you realise it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.”
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