To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
GRACE JONESWhen you become such a strong personality in music, it’s hard for people to accept you as a different character.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it’s just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I’ve found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.
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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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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That’s probably why it’s so scary, because they scared me.
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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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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 am an actress first, a singer second.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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.
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I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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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 wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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