I didn’t think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.
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 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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I don’t like people who hide things.
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I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it’s like you’re opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don’t know who’s going to come in that door.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
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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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I’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
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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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I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don’t get up and dance, you aren’t human!
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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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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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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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