Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONESMy mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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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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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 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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My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
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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’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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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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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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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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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 always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it’s like you’re opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don’t know who’s going to come in that door.
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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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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