I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
GRACE JONESI thought I’d take style to its limit, My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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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 am an actress first, a singer second.
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I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
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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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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 don’t take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
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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 can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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 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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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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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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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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