I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I’m not like a normal woman, that’s for sure.
GRACE JONESEveryone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.
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When I started modelling, I’d raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don’t have to do much to have muscles. It’s just genetic.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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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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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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Survival is my primary instinct…it’s out of my control. It’s stronger than me. It’s an outside force, a voice that says ‘do this for your life or it will devour you.’
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Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn’t forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
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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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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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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 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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