I am an actress first, a singer second.
GRACE JONESI 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.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
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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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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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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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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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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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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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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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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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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When I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality – so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.
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Growing 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.
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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 came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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