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.
GRACE JONESWe’re not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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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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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 take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
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I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.
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It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn’t be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
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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 thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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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.
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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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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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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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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 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 came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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I am an actress first, a singer second.
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I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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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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I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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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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Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it’s just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I’ve found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.
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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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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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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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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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