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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.

Grace Jones

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.’
GRACE JONES

Devour Instinct Life Primary Survive Yourself
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
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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Acceptance Believe Complaint Decision
I thought I’d take style to its limit, My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
GRACE JONES

Limitation Myself Pride Style Thinking
It doesn’t surprise me that people can’t see beyond my image. It’s amazing, but I can understand it. That’s what image is for. But it’s never a problem for me. It’s only a problem for them. I don’t really care. I do what I want regardless.
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Beyond Image Myself People Problem Surprise Understand
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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Compromise Creation Oneself Weapon
My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
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Earlier Father Image Myself
Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
GRACE JONES

Cure Forget Health Problem Sex Yourself
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.
GRACE JONES

Mom Musician Myself Sing Voice
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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Impatience Myself People Terrible
Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don’t get up and dance, you aren’t human!
GRACE JONES

Celebration Dance God Human Music
If people think I’m angry, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it’s not really anger; it’s discipline.
GRACE JONES

Angry Burst Discipline People Thinking Trouble
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.
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Balance Father Finding Growth Man Understand Woman
This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
GRACE JONES

Depression Rock Yourself
I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
GRACE JONES

Clothes Face Myself Painting Parental
There will always be a replacement coming along very soon – a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
GRACE JONES

Crazy Passing Planning Replacement Version

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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