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.
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 only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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I have just as much woman in me as I have man. It’s just a matter of channeling the energy into which way you use it.
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I don’t like people who hide things.
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I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
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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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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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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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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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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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There’re lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I’ve got to make a record with my mother’s voice on it. She sings a lyric soprano. We do the opposite. I’m a baritone. She’s a star singer in her church. She always does her solo.
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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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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 wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
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