In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak.
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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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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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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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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I don’t like people who hide things.
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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’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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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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I didn’t think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.
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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 never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.
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My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
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