Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
GRACE JONESI 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.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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That’s what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
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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’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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When I started modelling, I’d raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don’t have to do much to have muscles. It’s just genetic.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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There’re lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I’ve got to make a record with my mother’s voice on it. She sings a lyric soprano. We do the opposite. I’m a baritone. She’s a star singer in her church. She always does her solo.
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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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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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I don’t like people who hide things.
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It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
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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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You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.
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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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