Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
GRACE JONESIn 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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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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When you become such a strong personality in music, it’s hard for people to accept you as a different character.
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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 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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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 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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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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I don’t like people who hide things.
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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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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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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 came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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