Whatever one is creating, one has to stick to one’s guns and just do it. That is all. Put your foot down and do not let your work be compromised.
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 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 can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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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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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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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 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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We’re not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
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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 would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
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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’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
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I think I’m doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what’s wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that’s living, or rather it should.
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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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