Quotes + Flicks via Real Gossip 101

TINA ON BEYONCE: “People said, ‘You looked better than Beyoncé.’ Well, that’s not possible. It’s nice that young people hold me up as a model. Beyoncé is elegant and is handling her career well. A lot of new stars go overboard on sex. They’re half-naked up there. My dresses were a bit short, but I stayed respectable.”

TINA ON ARETHA: “Aretha has always been like that. We’ve always accepted that from her. She’s the queen of soul, and I’m the queen of rock ‘n’ roll. *snaps finger* There were so many kings and queens there that night. Her ego must be so big to think she was the only one. That’s how queens are!”

TINA ON IKE’S DEATH: “It meant nothing to me. He had been dead to me for 20 years. When I left, I really left. It was a bad dream, and when you spend 16 years in a certain lifestyle, you never want to think about it again. My life then was much worse. It couldn’t have gotten lower. And since then, every part of my life has been a high point.”

TINA ON HER YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE AND ENERGY: “I look better than I did at times in the past.. Part of it may be luck of the draw. It could be good genes, but then again, as I look at my family, I have to say I’m the only one that got them.”