I believe in having certain releases, certain outlets. One has to indulge. If you don’t indulge, you don’t live -might as well be dead. I believe in indulging as a user and not as an abuser.
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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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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Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
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When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.
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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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It 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.
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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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I have just as much woman in me as I have man. It’s just a matter of channeling the energy into which way you use it.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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 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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I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it’s like you’re opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don’t know who’s going to come in that door.
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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 like working until the morning, so I can see the day and then I like to go to sleep and then get up before sunset. But I love the energy of the morning.
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I don’t like people who hide things.
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