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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
Grace JonesGrace Jones I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
Grace JonesGrace Jones When you become such a strong personality in music, it’s hard for people to accept you as a different character.
Grace JonesGrace Jones 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.
Grace JonesGrace Jones I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
Grace JonesGrace Jones 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.
Grace JonesGrace Jones When I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality – so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.
Grace JonesGrace Jones Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
Grace JonesGrace Jones This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
Grace JonesGrace Jones Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
Grace JonesGrace Jones I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
Grace JonesGrace Jones Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
Grace JonesGrace Jones Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
Grace JonesGrace Jones I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
Grace JonesGrace Jones My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
Grace JonesGrace Jones I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
Grace JonesGrace Jones
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
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