I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
GRACE JONESI like working until the morning, so I can see the day and then I like to go to sleep and then get up before sunset. But I love the energy of the morning.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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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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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 don’t take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
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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 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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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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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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This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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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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I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.
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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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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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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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