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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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  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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  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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  I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.

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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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  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 like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.

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