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 JONESI 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.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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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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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.
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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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My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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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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.
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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 wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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