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 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 wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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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’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.
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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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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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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.
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Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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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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When I started modelling, I’d raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don’t have to do much to have muscles. It’s just genetic.
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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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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 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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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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