I’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
GRACE JONESMusic has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn’t that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.
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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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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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This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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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 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’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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I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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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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I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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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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