I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
GRACE JONESWhen 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.
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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It doesn’t surprise me that people can’t see beyond my image. It’s amazing, but I can understand it. That’s what image is for. But it’s never a problem for me. It’s only a problem for them. I don’t really care. I do what I want regardless.
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I like working until the morning, so I can see the day and then I like to go to sleep and then get up before sunset. But I love the energy of the morning.
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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 was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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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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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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I am an actress first, a singer second.
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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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When I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality – so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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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I believe in having certain releases, certain outlets. One has to indulge. If you don’t indulge, you don’t live -might as well be dead. I believe in indulging as a user and not as an abuser.
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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 don’t like people who hide things.
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