I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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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I don’t take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
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I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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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Survival is my primary instinct…it’s out of my control. It’s stronger than me. It’s an outside force, a voice that says ‘do this for your life or it will devour you.’
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I am an actress first, a singer second.
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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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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 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 wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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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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I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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