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.
GRACE JONESI don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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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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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
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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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There will always be a replacement coming along very soon – a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
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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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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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Whatever one is creating, one has to stick to one’s guns and just do it. That is all. Put your foot down and do not let your work be compromised.
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Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
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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 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.
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Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it’s just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I’ve found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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I thought I’d take style to its limit, My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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