I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
GRACE JONESWhen you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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 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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You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.
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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 don’t like people who hide things.
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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 you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.
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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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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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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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We’re not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
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I didn’t think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.
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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 don’t know what I’m going to be doing in two years or even in two weeks. I have to live for today.
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That’s what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
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