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 JONESI wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That’s probably why it’s so scary, because they scared me.
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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 believe in having certain releases, certain outlets. One has to indulge. If you don’t indulge, you don’t live -might as well be dead. I believe in indulging as a user and not as an abuser.
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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.
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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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It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
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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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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.
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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 a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn’t that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.
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