- Ike was arrested 11 times in the ‘70s and ‘80s for various offenses, mostly drug-related.
- Ike had the role of Papi's Dad in the 2001 film Boys Klub.
- Ike was portrayed by Laurence Fishburne in the 1993 film What's Love Got to Do with It.
- Ike published his memiors Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner on September 15, 1999, under Virgin Books in hardback.
- Ike was once a vocal teacher to Janis Joplin.
- Ike spent $11,000,000 on cocaine throughout his life.
- Ike continued to befriend Phil Spector throughout his murder trial, who he met when Phil was a producer.
- Ike claims the only drug he ever did was cocaine.
- Ike claims to have lost his virginity at the age of six, to a woman "45 or 50 years old" who he referred to as Miss Boozie.
- In 2000, Ike claimed to have been clean off of drugs and drinking since 1989.
- In 2001, Ike was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
- Ike married his fourth and last wife Jeanette Bazzell on July 4, 1995. They were married until his death on December 12, 2007.
- In 1991, Ike, along with Tina Turner, was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- Ike: I did a lot of wrong things in my life, and a lot of good things, and I don't regret any of them. The only regret I have -- I made one mistake in my life, during the time I was doing drugs -- I signed a contract with Walt Disney (makers of What's Love Got to Do With It) giving them permission to portray me in this movie any way they wanted, not realizing I was signing away my right to sue them. They totally exaggerated everything she said in the book on the screen, and that sabotaged my career.
- Ike: Blues men in America, we were outcasts. All of our lives, since I was born, we were outcasts. Before the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds came along --- it had to come from whites in England for America to appreciate what we did.
- Ike (on his first sexual experience): She used to put me on top of her and show me how to move. Well, today they call it child molesting. To me, I was just having fun.
- Ike: I got a job driving the elevator in the Alcazar and the radio station was on the second floor. It was very exciting to me, a radio station. I'd run up to the second floor and look through the window at the guy spinning records. He saw me and tole me to come in and showed me how to 'hold a record.' I'd sit there and hold it until the one playing stopped, then I'd turn a knob and the one I was holding would play. Next thing I know, he was going across the street for coffee and leaving me in there alone. I was only eight. That was the beginning of my thing with music.
- Ike: One of two things happen when you hit a woman. Either she heads for the door or she's all yours.
