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Ike Turner Biography

Izear Luster "Ike" Turner, Jr. (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. An early pioneer of fifties rock and roll, he is most popularly known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his then-wife Tina Turner in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.

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I'm using Fender Twin Reverbs and Fender Blues Devilles on stage.

Blues, Devilles, Reverbs, Stage, Twins, Using

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. I told her how to stand and how to look, the whole thing, man, I mean from the wig down.

Dresses, Mean, Men, Thing, Turner, Wig

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.

Give, Know, Name, Names, Rocks, White

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 lot of us. Like when we played with Sonny Boy, I would never get paid, you know. He would drink up all the money.

Boys, Drink, Like, Money, Paid, Used

Stay in school, stay off drugs, don't make the same mistakes I did, respect yourself, and others will follow.

Drug, Mistake, Mistakes, Respect, School

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' feeling, anyone's feeling on top. Nobody has ever done this before, man.

Feeling, Hip Hop, Men, Nobody, Real

I still play Strat, I don't know nothing else. Strats and Telecasters.

Knows, Nothing, Play, Stills, Strat, Strats

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, as a whole, I think I'm a good person.

Accept, Good, Men, People, Themself, Thinking

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 without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.

Making, Man, Men, Real, Thankful To God

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 him through a window playing piano and I thought it was unbelievable somebody could move their fingers that fast. And this is how I got interested in piano.

Boys, Fingers, Kids, Moving, Piano, Williams

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. It's just like God brought me through the drugs, I know he'll bring me through this.

Away, Bring, Know, Light, Men, Regret

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 much, either.

50S, Black, Days, Men, People

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 will be more about my life, from a kid, how I came up and why I came through.

Kids, Movie, Negativity, Probably, Stories, Working

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 I never included myself. I never applied this to me as an artist.

Artist, Entertain, Included, Organizer, People, Teaching

I miss riding those fast trains in Japan. . . 'cause I'd never seen a train that fast in my life.

Japan, Miss, Missing, Riding, Trains

I'm just beginning to develop callouses on my fingers, because I haven't played a lot.

Beginning, Develop, Fingers, Havens, Played

I wanna record these girls individually. And then, I wanna cut a blues album on me. But all of it, original stuff, you know. When I listen to the blues today, it's like they all sounds similar. I wanna do something different, to try to add to the blues flavor.

Cutting, Girl, Know, Record, Sounds, Teamwork