Quotes from Tina Turner

When my parents went off to Knoxville to work, I lived with my father's mother. She was strict - the kind who starched and ironed dresses. I had to sit more than I played. Oh, I was miserable. I liked being out with the animals. I'd come in the house with my hair pulled out, sash off the dress, dirty as heck. I was always getting spanked.

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.

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.

Who needs a heart, when a heart can be broken...

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.

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

I will never give in to old age until I become old.