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.
GRACE JONESIt was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn’t be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
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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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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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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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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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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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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 like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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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’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I’m not like a normal woman, that’s for sure.
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We’re not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
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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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