Tina Turner, known as the queen of rock-n-roll, has died. She was 83. Revisit VF's 1993 career-spanning interview with the music icon:
She was trapped."I had to get out of there because whatever I was doing didn't matter anymore. I had my house, I had my children, I had my own car. I had stuff. I shopped. But I had this horrible relationship I was hiding behind."
Tina attempted to leave once, but Ike caught up with her at a terminal where her bus stopped. Her suicide attempt had also failed. But the following year, 1969, Ike and Tina had toured in the U.S. once again with the now humongous Rolling Stones. What really kept Tina going, she says, was her escape into believing what psychics told her:"One day you will be among the biggest of stars and you will live across the water.
In 1976 the day finally came when Tina Turner felt strong enough to get away. She realized Ike was never going to give her their house, which she had always wanted and felt she deserved. The children were graduating or getting ready to graduate from high school. Ike, meanwhile, was involved with"the nonsinging Ikette," Ann Thomas, who had had his baby and was traveling everywhere with Ike and Tina.
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