Quotes from Tina Turner

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

In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.

I believe in prayer and in strong belief.

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

In fact, my parents were church people; my father was a deacon in the church.

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.

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

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.

Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am.

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.

I've never bothered about my color. I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love. Maybe. I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.

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