It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn’t be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
GRACE JONESThat’s what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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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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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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I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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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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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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I’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
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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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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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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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There’re lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I’ve got to make a record with my mother’s voice on it. She sings a lyric soprano. We do the opposite. I’m a baritone. She’s a star singer in her church. She always does her solo.
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I don’t like people who hide things.
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