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 JONESI’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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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 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 like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress up like my little brother. No makeup and I looked like a boy.
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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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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 love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don’t get up and dance, you aren’t human!
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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I thought I’d take style to its limit, My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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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 like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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