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.’
GRACE JONESForget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn’t that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.
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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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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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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
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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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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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I didn’t think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.
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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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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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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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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.
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