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.
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 am an actress first, a singer second.
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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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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 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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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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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 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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This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
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I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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There will always be a replacement coming along very soon – a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
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When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That’s probably why it’s so scary, because they scared me.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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