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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.

Grace Jones

I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
GRACE JONES

Absolute Myself Reality
I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
GRACE JONES

Myself Talent Thinking
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.
GRACE JONES

Home Life Mirror Modeling Quit
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.
GRACE JONES

Conservative Hairs Orthodox Ourselves Pain Struggle
Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONES

Brave Carriage Empty Enough Stay
Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
GRACE JONES

Drugs Legal Prescription
My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
GRACE JONES

Earlier Father Image Myself
Survival is my primary instinct…it’s out of my control. It’s stronger than me. It’s an outside force, a voice that says ‘do this for your life or it will devour you.’
GRACE JONES

Devour Instinct Life Primary Survive Yourself
To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
GRACE JONES

Honesty Life Load Myself People Portray
Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
GRACE JONES

Caught Cycle Quite Yourself
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.
GRACE JONES

Feminine Myself Thinking Woman
There will always be a replacement coming along very soon – a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
GRACE JONES

Crazy Passing Planning Replacement Version
I am an actress first, a singer second.
GRACE JONES

Actress Myself Singing
Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
GRACE JONES

Cure Forget Health Problem Sex Yourself
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 JONES

Acceptance Believe Complaint Decision
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
GRACE JONES

Athletics Brother Myself

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 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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