Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
GRACE JONESI am an actress first, a singer second.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I don’t take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
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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 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 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 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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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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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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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’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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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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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
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