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.
GRACE JONESSurvival 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.’
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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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 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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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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 take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
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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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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.’
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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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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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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’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
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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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My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
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