I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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 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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When I started modelling, I’d raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don’t have to do much to have muscles. It’s just genetic.
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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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I don’t like people who hide things.
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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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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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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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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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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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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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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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Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
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Survival is my primary instinct…it’s out of my control. It’s stronger than me. It’s an outside force, a voice that says ‘do this for your life or it will devour you.’
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