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.
GRACE JONESI’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.
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My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
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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 believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
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I’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
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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’ve lived long enough to feel the sway of corporations both legal and illegal. Corporations give you drugs and they prescribe and prescribe them and they can be worse for you. Whereas you have illegal drugs and that is all about moderation. You have to know your body.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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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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 love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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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 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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I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
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