I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
GRACE JONESI never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I don’t like people who hide things.
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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 love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.
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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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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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I thought I’d take style to its limit, My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
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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.
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I don’t know what I’m going to be doing in two years or even in two weeks. I have to live for today.
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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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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’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don’t get up and dance, you aren’t human!
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I’ve lived long enough to feel the sway of corporations both legal and illegal. Corporations give you drugs and they prescribe and prescribe them and they can be worse for you. Whereas you have illegal drugs and that is all about moderation. You have to know your body.
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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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