I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
GRACE JONESMost performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn’t forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress up like my little brother. No makeup and I looked like a boy.
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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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I am an actress first, a singer second.
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Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
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We’re not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
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I’m still shocked every time I see snow. The first bit of snow each year… I stay up and I watch it. And then I go out and pick it up and eat it and move around in it.
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I’m not like a normal woman, that’s for sure.
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I like working until the morning, so I can see the day and then I like to go to sleep and then get up before sunset. But I love the energy of the morning.
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If people think I’m angry, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it’s not really anger; it’s discipline.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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There will always be a replacement coming along very soon – a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
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I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
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