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.
GRACE JONESI’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.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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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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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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 only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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Survival is my primary instinct…it’s out of my control. It’s stronger than me. It’s an outside force, a voice that says ‘do this for your life or it will devour you.’
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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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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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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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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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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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That’s what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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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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I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
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