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I’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.

Grace Jones

Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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Caught Cycle Quite Yourself
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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Fundamental Growing Quiet Thinking Yourself
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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Head Injection Moments Myself Soul Throat
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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Mistake Myself People Perfection
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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Farmer Happiness Job Life Myself Passion
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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Home Life Mirror Modeling Quit
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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Impatience Myself People Terrible
Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
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Acceptance Believe Complaint Decision
I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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Accident Myself Singer Thinking
I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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Myself Soft
Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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Bling Hide
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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Believe Finding Live Quality Special
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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Mom Musician Myself Sing Voice
Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don’t get up and dance, you aren’t human!
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Celebration Dance God Human Music
I don’t like people who hide things.
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Hide Lying People
I’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
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Myself Save Simplicity Sin

I’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.

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