I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
GRACE JONESI believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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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You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.
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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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It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
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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 don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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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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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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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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My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
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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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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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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