I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
GRACE JONESI’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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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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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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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 just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.
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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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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 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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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’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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