If people think I’m angry, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it’s not really anger; it’s discipline.
GRACE JONESGrowing 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.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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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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I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
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I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.
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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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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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I am an actress first, a singer second.
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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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It doesn’t surprise me that people can’t see beyond my image. It’s amazing, but I can understand it. That’s what image is for. But it’s never a problem for me. It’s only a problem for them. I don’t really care. I do what I want regardless.
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I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it’s like you’re opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don’t know who’s going to come in that door.
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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 be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.
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I don’t take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
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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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