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 JONESSome songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I am an actress first, a singer second.
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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 individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
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I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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I don’t like people who hide things.
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There’re lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I’ve got to make a record with my mother’s voice on it. She sings a lyric soprano. We do the opposite. I’m a baritone. She’s a star singer in her church. She always does her solo.
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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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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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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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