I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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.
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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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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
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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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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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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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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’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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I didn’t think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.
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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’m still shocked every time I see snow. The first bit of snow each year… I stay up and I watch it. And then I go out and pick it up and eat it and move around in it.
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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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