In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak.
GRACE JONESRock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
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I’m not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn’t like what they were saying. Just lash out. ‘Bam – shut up! Hahahah!’ I was terrible.
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Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn’t forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
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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.
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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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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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I don’t know what I’m going to be doing in two years or even in two weeks. I have to live for today.
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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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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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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
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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 came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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I think I’m doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what’s wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that’s living, or rather it should.
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