Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
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 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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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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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.
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I’m not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn’t like what they were saying. Just lash out. ‘Bam – shut up! Hahahah!’ I was terrible.
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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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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 can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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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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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I’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
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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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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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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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I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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