I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
GRACE JONESIt’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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It doesn’t surprise me that people can’t see beyond my image. It’s amazing, but I can understand it. That’s what image is for. But it’s never a problem for me. It’s only a problem for them. I don’t really care. I do what I want regardless.
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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 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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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 don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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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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My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
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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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Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
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It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn’t be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all 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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When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That’s probably why it’s so scary, because they scared me.
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