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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.

Grace Jones

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.
GRACE JONES

Balance Father Finding Growth Man Understand Woman
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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Abuse Believe Death Indulge Myself Release
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.
GRACE JONES

Feminine Myself Thinking Woman
Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
GRACE JONES

Caught Cycle Quite Yourself
Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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Fantasy Modeling People Reality
It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn’t be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
GRACE JONES

Conservative Hairs Orthodox Ourselves Pain Struggle
You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.
GRACE JONES

Energy Man Philosophy Sexuality Yourself
I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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Myself Talent Thinking
I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
GRACE JONES

Hate Prescription Yourself
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 JONES

Flow Follow Journey Known Leadership Myself
I have just as much woman in me as I have man. It’s just a matter of channeling the energy into which way you use it.
GRACE JONES

Channeling Man Way Woman Yourself
I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
GRACE JONES

Day Interview Lose Myself Voice Work
I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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Absolute Myself Reality
You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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Children Perfection Yourself
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
GRACE JONES

Appearance Education Myself School
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.
GRACE JONES

Childhood Myself Performance Scare Stage Trauma

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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