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.’
GRACE JONESWhatever; bling always has something to hide.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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When I started modelling, I’d raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don’t have to do much to have muscles. It’s just genetic.
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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There’re lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I’ve got to make a record with my mother’s voice on it. She sings a lyric soprano. We do the opposite. I’m a baritone. She’s a star singer in her church. She always does her solo.
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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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Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
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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 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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I’ve lived long enough to feel the sway of corporations both legal and illegal. Corporations give you drugs and they prescribe and prescribe them and they can be worse for you. Whereas you have illegal drugs and that is all about moderation. You have to know your body.
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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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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 thought I’d take style to its limit, My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
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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 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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