I don’t take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
GRACE JONESI don’t know what I’m going to be doing in two years or even in two weeks. I have to live for today.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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I’ve lived long enough to feel the sway of corporations both legal and illegal. Corporations give you drugs and they prescribe and prescribe them and they can be worse for you. Whereas you have illegal drugs and that is all about moderation. You have to know your body.
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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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In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak.
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If people think I’m angry, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it’s not really anger; it’s discipline.
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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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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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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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When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.
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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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