Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONESI 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.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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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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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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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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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’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
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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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When I started modelling, I’d raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don’t have to do much to have muscles. It’s just genetic.
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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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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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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 wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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