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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

Grace Jones

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 JONES

Compromise Creation Oneself Weapon
I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
GRACE JONES

Appearance Face Myself Skin
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.
GRACE JONES

Flow Follow Journey Known Leadership Myself
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.
GRACE JONES

Beyond Image Myself People Problem Surprise Understand
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
GRACE JONES

Athletics Brother Myself
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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Appearance Man Modeling Myself Start
We’re not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
GRACE JONES

Mistake Myself People Perfection
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.
GRACE JONES

Break Enough Modeling Rule Start
Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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Drugs Legal Prescription
Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn’t forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
GRACE JONES

Difference Forget Performance Person Serious Time Yourself
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.
GRACE JONES

Mom Musician Myself Sing Voice
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.
GRACE JONES

Channeling Man Way Woman Yourself
I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
GRACE JONES

Day Interview Lose Myself Voice Work
Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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Brave Carriage Empty Enough Stay
I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I’m not like a normal woman, that’s for sure.
GRACE JONES

Feminine Myself Thinking Woman
I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
GRACE JONES

Absolute Myself Reality

I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

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