When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.
GRACE JONESWhatever 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.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn’t forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
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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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If people think I’m angry, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it’s not really anger; it’s discipline.
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I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
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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 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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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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It doesn’t surprise me that people can’t see beyond my image. It’s amazing, but I can understand it. That’s what image is for. But it’s never a problem for me. It’s only a problem for them. I don’t really care. I do what I want regardless.
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I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
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