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"If you never get truly wet, you can't appreciate being dry."

"I have no time for bitterness."

"...these days, age is an asset..." ~ Oprah 2000.

"I had to get out there in the middle of those people... You're just so happy that they came that you just want to make them feel real good" ~The Girl from Nutbush 1992

"When it's all said and done.. what else can you do but move on?"

"I realized that my opinion has nothing to do with anyone else's" ~ Swiss Interview 1998

"I didn't set rules for myself. I didn't think to myself: 'oh...I'm this age now, I'm reaching this number, & I really shouldn't do this anymore'. I just think as long as a person looks good & feels good & still enjoys what they're doing it's fine; I just don't set rules for myself" ~ Sweden 1984

"I'm happy to be able to live in this world, & not be a selfish person" ~ Oprah show 2000

"I felt that THE BEST shouldn't just be a song about people because...there can be beautiful & loving feelings about a beautiful day" ~ MTV 1993

"Age and color are things I don't think about, its a real obstacle for me to assume I cant have something because I'm a black woman.....or to tell myself I'm too old for this or that...i may have broken some rules.....I don't put limits on my life"

"I had to get out there in the middle of those people... You're just so happy that they came that you just want to make them feel real good" ~The Girl from Nutbush 1992

"Let go, forget the blame, take it on as something you finished and focus a little bit more on doing something rather than feeling sorry for yourself. People dwell and feel sorry for themselves about what's been done to them and what's been done; I think if you can let go of that, then the air clears a little bit and your a little bit more focused on getting other things done that's more positive."

"If you don't work on yourself spiritually to understand things rather than putting labels on things so quickly; you're gonna have to deal with those kinds of people, and how you deal with them is with understanding...to know that, they don't know any better"
~ 1986

"Try not to worry too much about what other people say or do, because you compare what they say & do about everything. Just live very truthfully within your own life. If you can wake up with a clear conscience - without even a cup of coffee - then you're alright with yourself; just let the world go because you can't stop it by trying to correct every little thing."

"I must make a wish.... Must make a wish......I wish that my next 60th birthday will be as good as this one."

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. - 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."

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

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

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

"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."

 "I really hope I don't get this obsessed with somebody next season, ... Because it's really kind of wearing me out."

 "Some of those dresses are works of art. I'd be happy to just have them in my closet and let somebody else wear them."

"[Retirement could be tough for the self-admitted workaholic, who received a lifetime achievement award at the British Black Music Awards last year for her 40-year music career.] I never drink, and I have never done drugs, ... All I have ever done is work, work, work my entire life."