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.
GRACE JONESThis is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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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’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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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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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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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.
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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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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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Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don’t get up and dance, you aren’t human!
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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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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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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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