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1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.

Grace Jones

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  When 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.

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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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  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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  When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.

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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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  I didn’t think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.

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  I don’t like people who hide things.

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  We’re not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.

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  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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  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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  I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it’s like you’re opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don’t know who’s going to come in that door.

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  I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.

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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 go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I’m not like a normal woman, that’s for sure.

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