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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.

Grace Jones

I believe in having certain releases, certain outlets. One has to indulge. If you don’t indulge, you don’t live -might as well be dead. I believe in indulging as a user and not as an abuser.
GRACE JONES

Abuse Believe Death Indulge Myself Release
Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONES

Brave Carriage Empty Enough Stay
I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
GRACE JONES

Growth Myself Strict
When you become such a strong personality in music, it’s hard for people to accept you as a different character.
GRACE JONES

Character Different Hard Personality Strong Yourself
I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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Alone Born Collaborate Stage Yourself
You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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Children Perfection Yourself
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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Childhood Myself Performance Scare Stage Trauma
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.
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Feminine Myself Thinking Woman
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
I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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Myself Relationship Woman
I’m not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn’t like what they were saying. Just lash out. ‘Bam – shut up! Hahahah!’ I was terrible.
GRACE JONES

Impatience Myself People Terrible
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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Acceptance Believe Complaint Decision
Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
GRACE JONES

Head Injection Moments Myself Soul Throat
Survival is my primary instinct…it’s out of my control. It’s stronger than me. It’s an outside force, a voice that says ‘do this for your life or it will devour you.’
GRACE JONES

Devour Instinct Life Primary Survive Yourself
I don’t like people who hide things.
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Hide Lying People
Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
GRACE JONES

Drugs Legal Prescription

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