When I met her she was Anna Mae. I was the one who turned her into Tina Turner. I had to tell her how to dress, how to walk and how to talk on stage.…

- Ike Turner

Rock'n'roll is nothing but Boogie Woogie with stuff on top of it. And if you're black, they name it rhythm'n'blues, and if you're white, they name it…

- Ike Turner

I believe I was ahead of my time.

- Ike Turner

The music I listened to when I was a kid was Sonny Boy Williams and Pinetop Perkins. He was the one who had the most influence on my playing. I saw h…

- Ike Turner

They'll probably start working on my movie sometime... They are doing a complete movie of my life story. It will not be based on any negativity. It w…

- Ike Turner

I can put a hip-hop beat to reggae. That is, I can have real reggae in the drums and in the rhythm, and on top of it I can put The Rolling Stones' fe…

- Ike Turner

I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I…

- Ike Turner

Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But I have no regrets, man.…

- Ike Turner

Either accept people for what they are, or don't. So, in other words, man, if people don't know me, I think they do themself an injustice. Because, a…

- Ike Turner