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.
GRACE JONESI’m not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn’t like what they were saying. Just lash out. ‘Bam – shut up! Hahahah!’ I was terrible.
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I don’t know what I’m going to be doing in two years or even in two weeks. I have to live for today.
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I’m not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn’t like what they were saying. Just lash out. ‘Bam – shut up! Hahahah!’ I was terrible.
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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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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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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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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 never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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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 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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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 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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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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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 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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