I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
GRACE JONESI don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I think I’m doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what’s wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that’s living, or rather it should.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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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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You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.
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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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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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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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When you become such a strong personality in music, it’s hard for people to accept you as a different character.
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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.
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I 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.
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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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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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