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.
GRACE JONESMy father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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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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I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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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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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn’t that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.
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Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
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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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Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
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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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