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 JONESI 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.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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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 don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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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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It doesn’t surprise me that people can’t see beyond my image. It’s amazing, but I can understand it. That’s what image is for. But it’s never a problem for me. It’s only a problem for them. I don’t really care. I do what I want regardless.
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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’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
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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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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
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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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I don’t take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
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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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I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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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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