Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn’t forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
GRACE JONESI 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.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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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.
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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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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 was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That’s probably why it’s so scary, because they scared me.
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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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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 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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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 don’t like people who hide things.
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