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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More Grace Jones Quotes
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I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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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 hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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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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My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
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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.
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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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I’ve lived long enough to feel the sway of corporations both legal and illegal. Corporations give you drugs and they prescribe and prescribe them and they can be worse for you. Whereas you have illegal drugs and that is all about moderation. You have to know your body.
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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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I’m still shocked every time I see snow. The first bit of snow each year… I stay up and I watch it. And then I go out and pick it up and eat it and move around in 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 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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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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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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