Tina Turner Says She Needs More Wisdom Before Updating Her Autobiography

Tina Turner is back with a brand-new compilation called All The Best. The CD features all of Turner’s greatest hits from “Proud Mary” from her days with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, through 1985’s Grammy-winning “What’s Love Got To Do With It?,” as well as three new songs, including her new single “Open Arms.” Turner told USA Today that the song, which deals with a friend’s love and compassion, is able to stand alongside her biggest hits because, quote, “I thought it was a good message, especially with the world being as it is today… The world is really heavy, isn’t it?”

Turner, who’s now 66, said that she still wants to wait a while before updating her 1987 autobiography I, Tina, admitting that, “I need to be a bit older… Wisdom comes with age, especially when one is at the stage where I am, still absorbing and looking and learning. I still feel like something else is coming for me, something very special.” She went on to joke that, “I might be 90 or 100 years old, but I’ll be able to say, ‘I’ve got it!'”

Turner revealed how she keeps in shape: “I had started doing Pilates about a year ago, I thought that over Christmas I had probably gained a few pounds. But I didn’t. I started to put on my work clothes, and I said to my boyfriend, ‘Look! I didn’t diet! I didn’t stop my champagne!’ So I think the training has worked.”

She went on to say that she thinks the business has changed between now and when she was coming up in the ’60s, recalling that, “When I worked with my dancers, we wore short dresses, but we were well covered, and we cared about our moves.” She feels that now, “It’s not about putting out a great song that will actually inspire people; it’s about who’s very hot and very new and who will go the furthest.” Turner says that, despite what she feels is a creative slump in pop music, she thinks it’s bound to shape up soon, explaining that, “I know there’s a lot of young talent out there, even if their influences aren’t good enough. And the ones who have that talent will find a way to get it out there.”