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.
GRACE JONESI would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.
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When I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality – so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.
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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
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I have just as much woman in me as I have man. It’s just a matter of channeling the energy into which way you use it.
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Survival is my primary instinct…it’s out of my control. It’s stronger than me. It’s an outside force, a voice that says ‘do this for your life or it will devour you.’
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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That’s probably why it’s so scary, because they scared me.
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I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it’s like you’re opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don’t know who’s going to come in that door.
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Whatever one is creating, one has to stick to one’s guns and just do it. That is all. Put your foot down and do not let your work be compromised.
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I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it’s just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I’ve found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.
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I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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