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.
GRACE JONESI like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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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 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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This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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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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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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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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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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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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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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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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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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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 like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress up like my little brother. No makeup and I looked like a boy.
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