I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
GRACE JONESI’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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I’m not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn’t like what they were saying. Just lash out. ‘Bam – shut up! Hahahah!’ I was terrible.
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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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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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Whatever one is creating, one has to stick to one’s guns and just do it. That is all. Put your foot down and do not let your work be compromised.
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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 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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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 never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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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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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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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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I don’t like people who hide things.
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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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