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 JONESWhen I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality – so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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.
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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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I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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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.
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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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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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I am an actress first, a singer second.
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I thought I’d take style to its limit, My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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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 never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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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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I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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