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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.

Grace Jones

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 JONES

Childhood Myself Performance Scare Stage Trauma
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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Farmer Happiness Job Life Myself Passion
Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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Brave Carriage Empty Enough Stay
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.
GRACE JONES

Acceptance Freak Fun Hard Work Thinking
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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Audition Interpret People Thinking Voice
I think I’m doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what’s wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that’s living, or rather it should.
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Appeal Myself Service Thinking Wrong
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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Mistake Myself People Perfection
It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
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Attraction Fake Woman
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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Beyond Image Myself People Problem Surprise Understand
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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Break Enough Modeling Rule Start
Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
GRACE JONES

Cure Forget Health Problem Sex Yourself
I don’t like people who hide things.
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Hide Lying People
Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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Bling Hide
This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
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Depression Rock Yourself
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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Believe Finding Live Quality Special
Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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Drugs Legal Prescription

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