I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
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 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 can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
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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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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’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 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 have just as much woman in me as I have man. It’s just a matter of channeling the energy into which way you use it.
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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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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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Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn’t that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.
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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 never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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