I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
GRACE JONESNow when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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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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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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 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 think I’m doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what’s wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that’s living, or rather it should.
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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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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 like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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I like working until the morning, so I can see the day and then I like to go to sleep and then get up before sunset. But I love the energy of the morning.
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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
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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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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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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 came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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