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 rock'n'roll. So, I don't give a... You know. — Ike Turner Copy Share Image
I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or… — Ike Turner Copy Share
Spector is a good guy, but he's a nut. Ha, ha, ha! You know, I love him, but he's unpredictable. He's OK as long… — Ike Turner Copy Share
Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But… — Ike Turner Copy Share
They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and find… — Ike Turner Copy Share
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… — Ike Turner Copy Share
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,… — Ike Turner Copy Share
When you think of blues, all you think about is crying guitar like B.B. King's guitar. You think about someone crying that their woman's… — Ike Turner Copy Share
I always considered myself being an organizer. I'm very good at teaching singers, I'm very good at staging a show, to entertain people. But… — Ike Turner Copy Share
In those days, man, in the '50s, black people in the South... We didn't recognize contracts that much. And we didn't recognize marriages that… — Ike Turner Copy Share
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… — Ike Turner Copy Share
I'm very fast on teaching guys. Like, when I came over here, I only had two rehearsals with the band. I wondered when I… — Ike Turner Copy Share
They used to say it was bad for Indians to drink, but it's bad for anybody. When they drink they lose their cool, a… — Ike Turner Copy Share
