Ike Turner
Ike Turner
Izear Luster "Ike" Turner, Jr.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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth5 November 1931
CityClarksdale, MS
CountryUnited States of America
twins stage
I'm using Fender Twin Reverbs and Fender Blues Devilles on stage.
moving kids boys
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.
mistake school drug
Stay in school, stay off drugs, don't make the same mistakes I did, respect yourself, and others will follow.
men thinking people
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.
girl teamwork cutting
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.
guitar joe louis side together
I put together one song, Bonnie Raitt put together a song. Ah, what's his name, the other guitar player? Gatemouth Brown! Yeah, he did a side on Joe Louis Walker.
according cut records wherever
I don't really cut records according to what's pop, what's R&B and what's country, or what. I just record what I feel, wherever I am, when you're like that.
american-musician kept publishing writers
I didn't know anything about publishing companies. I didn't know anything about writers royalties, and they kept me green, you know.