In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak.
GRACE JONESMy husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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 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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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 only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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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Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it’s just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I’ve found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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 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’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
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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’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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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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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 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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