• Cher, 76, says she’s not old enough to have earned the title of “icon.”
• “In my mind, an icon has always got to be old to be iconic. I can’t think [I’m] old yet,” she said.
• Below, the singer shares who her personal icons are.

True icon energy is to humbly reject the honor of such a title, and that’s exactly what Cher just did. In a new interview with Allure, the fashion legend was asked to break down her most “iconic” looks from the last four decades, and before she could get into that, she had to make a correction. In her opinion, at 76, she’s not old enough to be an icon.

“In my mind, an icon has always got to be old to be iconic. I can’t think [I’m] old yet,” she said frankly. Mind you, this is hardly the first time anyone has given her such praise. “It’s fun,” she admitted. “But I don’t take it seriously because… does it mean you’ve just lasted longer than everybody else?”

In Cher’s opinion, those who do meet icon status are Tina Turner, who is 82, and her mom, who’s 96. “My mom gets up and she puts her lipstick on and does her hair… my mom is beautiful and even now, [she’s got] this amazing skin. She’s a pain in the ass—and the hair, you cannot believe her hair,” she explained. “So my mom’s an icon to me, and nobody else knows it, but I know it.”

No matter what the entertainer’s definition of the term may be, it’s hard to argue with someone who has made such waves in pop culture, and continues to…