I'm just going on tour to Finland. I'm very excited about it. I have two shows there and also my doctor, who has always given me Botox, lives in Finland. So I can have a Botox treatment. My last one was in November, so I need it. I never go past the crow's feet. Not around the mouth. Just a little in the forehead and around the eyes. Because you want to have some expressions.
You have to love what you do and not be obsessed with being famous. I used to sing in my bedroom, holding a hairbrush, to River Deep, Mountain High, by Tina Turner. All I could think was how much I would love to be on that stage, like her.
The first time I met Tina Turner was just before her comeback in the late-70s. I was working in Germany, and It's A Heartache was out. She was recently separated from Ike and making it on her own. She was on stage doing rehearsals. She saw me and started singing It's A Heartache. The next time I met her was in the 80s, when we were both on a TV show. We met by accident in the corridor. She had a red leather dress and black fishnets and I had a red leather skirt with fishnets. She just said, "Uh oh ... "
If I were to do a collaboration, my dream would be with Tina Turner and Janis Joplin. I didn't like Janis' drug-taking. Or the way she lived. But she sang every word with such conviction.
I sound like I smoke. I smoked, but years ago and only one a year on special occasions, like at Christmas. My husband [Robert Sullivan] has never even held a cigarette. I do love red wine.
