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- This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
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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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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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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
GRACE JONESI don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
GRACE JONESRock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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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.
GRACE JONESMost 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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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
GRACE JONESForget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
GRACE JONESI can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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I’m still shocked every time I see snow. The first bit of snow each year… I stay up and I watch it. And then I go out and pick it up and eat it and move around in it.
GRACE JONESI’m still shocked every time I see snow. The first bit of snow each year… I stay up and I watch it. And then I go out and pick it up and eat it and move around in it.
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I like working until the morning, so I can see the day and then I like to go to sleep and then get up before sunset. But I love the energy of the morning.
GRACE JONESI like working until the morning, so I can see the day and then I like to go to sleep and then get up before sunset. But I love the energy of the morning.
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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
GRACE JONESTo be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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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.
GRACE JONESThere’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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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
GRACE JONESModels are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
GRACE JONESIt’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
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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 JONESMusic 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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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONESNow when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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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.
GRACE JONESIt 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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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 JONESI 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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