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.
GRACE JONESEveryone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn’t that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.
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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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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 like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
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When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.
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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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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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Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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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