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 JONESI wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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I have just as much woman in me as I have man. It’s just a matter of channeling the energy into which way you use it.
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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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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That’s what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
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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.
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I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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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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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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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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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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